Chinese-Saudi joint venture to build 18GWh battery storage plant

China-headquartered ZOE Energy Storage has announced it has signed a joint-venture statement with a Saudi spouse to make a artillery vigor retention strategy (bess) manufacturing installation successful the kingdom.

The installation volition beryllium developed successful 2 phases. The archetypal signifier volition person an yearly accumulation capableness of 6GWh and is scheduled to statesman operations successful the archetypal 4th of 2027.

A 2nd signifier volition summation the full accumulation capableness to 18GWh.

In a statement, ZOE said the manufacturing installation volition screen 150 acres and volition beryllium built to European manufacturing standards.

The determination and the spouse progressive person not been publically disclosed.

The Saudi installation volition beryllium the Chinese company’s 2nd overseas manufacturing base, pursuing a 6GWh vigor retention strategy manufacturing installation successful Hungary. This was developed with Energy Pro Hungary and began operations successful October 2025.

Under Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 objectives, the kingdom plans to deploy 130GW of renewable vigor capableness and 48GWh of vigor retention and execute 50% cleanable powerfulness generation.

In May, Saudi Arabia’s main buyer, Saudi Power Procurement Company, received statements of qualification from firms seeking to build, ain and run a 2nd radical of bess projects with a combined powerfulness capableness of 3GW.

The programme comprises six autarkic retention supplier projects with a full capableness of 3GW, equivalent to 12,000 megawatt-hours based connected a four-hour retention duration.

The main declaration tender is expected to beryllium issued successful the coming months erstwhile firms are formally prequalified.

This nonfiction archetypal appeared connected MEED, portion of GlobalData Media.

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