Having been awarded preferred bidder status for the Haru battery energy storage system (BESS), Norwegian renewable energy systems company Scatec has been chosen as the preferred bidder for a total of 846 MW solar in the seventh round of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP). Located at the Leander substation sites – one of five that were identified by State-owned electricity utility Eskom – the Haru BESS project totalled 123 MW/492 MWh in the third bid window of the Battery Energy Storage Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (BESIPPPP).
