L R AS Published on Tuesday 3 April 2018 - n° 227 - Categories:French companies, lithium batteries
With storage, EDF is targeting three markets
The €8bn investment (largely financed by debt) will enable the company to install 10 GW of storage by 2035, in addition to the 5 GW currently held in its six pumped energy transfer stations (Step) located in France.
This interest stems both from the fall in the average cost of batteries, which has fallen to €209 per kWh in 2017, and from the need to regulate intermittent RE electricity.
EDF is targeting three markets: service to large electrical systems: it expects to have 6 GW in 2035 with pumping and batteries. It has two facilities, one in the United States, the other on Reunion Island, and soon one in Great Britain.
The second market is self-consumption + storage (with 4 GW planned in 2035) in France, the United Kingdom, Italy and Belgium.
The third niche will be off-grid, in Africa, the Ivory Coast and Ghana to start with. Agreements have already been signed, notably with Off Grid Electric.
GreenUnivers of March 27th
