Saft, a subsidiary of TotalEnergies, has strengthened its presence in the Asia-Pacific region by winning a major BESS project with Foxwell Power Co in Taichung. The contract, Saft’s eleventh in Taiwan, will see Saft deliver a 356 MWh lithium-ion battery system to Foxwell, which is part of Shinfox Energy.
The Taichung BESS project, which will start at the end of 2025 and continue throughout 2026, will comprise 108 I-Shift Li-ion battery containers that offer a compact installation footprint. The project is expected to contribute to Taiwan’s 2050 net zero strategy, and its rapidly expanding renewable energy sector, by helping to manage intermittency, grid stability and grid congestion. The BESS will provide two crucial functions – frequency regulation and peak-shifting of renewable energy production.
One of the reasons Foxwell selected Saft is that, for them, cybersecurity is a critical factor and Saft met the challenge with a solution that embeds control hardware and software from module to system level. This system control solution, developed by Saft and manufactured in Europe, integrates AI functionality and is certified against the highest cybersecurity standards.
Vincent Le Quintrec, ESS sales director at Saft, said: “This fifth consecutive contract with Foxwell is the largest to date and will bring our installed base in Taiwan to 630 MWh”.
