Domestic BESS integrator PowerX receives 230MWh project order
A trio of major Japanese investors and holding companies have ordered battery energy storage system (BESS) units totalling 230.1MWh from Tokyo-headquartered startup PowerX.
PowerX, which launched in 2021 with a novel proposal to transfer stored electricity from offshore wind farms via batteries on ships, has since listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) and begun assembling and integrating solutions for electric vehicle (EV) charging and grid-scale BESS.
While most of its recently announced deals have been for projects of the aforementioned 2MW/8MWh sizing, the company said yesterday (1 June) that Mitsubishi Estate, Itochu Corporation and Tokyo Century Corporation have ordered 102 units of PowerX’s Mega Power 2500 10-foot ISO-standard containerised BESS.
The trio are jointly developing their project in Chikuzen, Fukuoka, on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu, a hotbed for renewable energy development.
