Capable of storing 429kW of power, the battery was installed as part of an off-grid prototype, which features a G52-850kW wind turbine, 245kWp of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules and three 222kW diesel generators.
The prototype uses the Gamesa-developed control software, Hybrid Power Controller (HPC), designed to facilitate integration of the four technologies.
The HPC allows remote management of all kinds of situations, including charging the batteries up and down, the start-up and stoppage of the various systems and activation of special operating modes such as the 'zero diesel' mode.
Gamesa corporate development managing director David Mesonero said: "The start-up of the lithium battery is an important step in the development of Gamesa's offgrid proposition.
“The production of power by combining these four sources will bring down the cost of electricity in remote locations without grid access, as well as generating cleaner energy.”
The offgrid prototype is designed to generate offgrid power in a bid to reduce diesel consumption.
The company said that the prototype is the first to market enabling the ad-hoc combination of each of the technologies installed based on project requirements.
Gamesa has earlier installed a facility in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador which integrates three diesel generators and three wind turbines.
