The facility will boast four types of generation and battery backup capable of providing up to 4.5MW of peak power during load-shedding and peak demand periods.
MTN South Africa will upgrade its head office’s self-generating power facility to feature four generation technologies and battery storage types.MTN South Africa’s head office in Fairlands, Johannesburg, already has a 2MW gas trigeneration system, a 330kW concentrated solar power plant , and several backup diesel generators.
However, it’s highly debatable whether a battery storage system could be considered a “generation” technology, because it cannot generate electricity on its own. MTN chief executive officer Charles Molapisi said that everything was on track for MTN to become an Independent Power Producer in its own right soon, allowing it to better manage its energy when load-shedding strikes.Charles Molapisi, MTN South Africa CEO
This will energise the 2MW gas engines in the trigeneration plant, allowing the diesel generation to be reduced, supported by the 2MW of battery storage.
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