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Solar-plus-storage system commissioned in Tonga with 2MWh capacity

March 16, 2023
A solar-plus-storage project combining 300kW of PV and a 2MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) has been installed in the Polynesian archipelago nation of Tonga.
The grid-stabilising BESS (pictured during construction) is at the site of Tonga Power's Popua Power Station, with the other at a separate site on Tongatapua. Image: Tonga Power.

Tonga’s first large-scale battery systems take country closer to achieving NDC climate targets  

October 25, 2022
The first utility-scale battery project in Tonga officially opened today at an event attended by the South Pacific Kingdom’s prime minister.
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French renewable developer Akuo commissions largest BESS projects in Tonga and Martinique

May 20, 2022
French renewable power producer and developer Akuo Energy has commissioned a 29.2MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Tonga, several weeks after powering up a 19MWh project in Martinique.

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