The firm has secured a contract from SK E&S to deliver a 70MWh power demand management ESS facility by September this year.
The ESS project is said to help large businesses with high energy consumption as it allows storage of surplus electricity at nighttime, when power demand is less. The stored power, however, can be used in day time during the hours of high energy demand.
Doosan plans to implement the ESS project at its plant located in Changwon of Korea’s Gyeongnam province.
Under the contract, Doosan will supply the ESS, whereas SK E&S will be responsible for handling the investment and operation side to ensure that an efficient energy solution can be provided.
For the project, Doosan plans to apply its ESS control software technology and engineering capabilities to handle the entire process starting from design to equipment & material supply and construction.
Together with SK E&S, Doosan plans to implement a Factory Energy Management System (FEMS) and solar power plant in a bid to establish a factory-based microgrid operation.
Separately, Doosan has been selected to supply ESS control software and battery system as a package system to BSS, a South Korean firm involved in the electric power equipment field.
Additionally, Doosan GridTech, a Doosan Heavy’s US-based subsidiary, also signed a contract together with Consumers Energy to implement an ESS at a substation in Kalamazoo, Michigan, US.
Doosan vice-president Sungwon Kim said: “According to information released by an energy sector market analysis organization, the global ESS market is expected to jump from a scale of $3.9bn in 2019 to $8.2bn by 2024.
“Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction plans to aggressively target the global ESS market and expand our business portfolio by expanding into the ESS- linked solar power plant construction and operation business.”
Doosan is also planning to launch a solar power-linked ESS at sites of its major affiliates. These sites include Changwon Plant and Doosan Infracore’s Gunsan Plant.
