法国电力集团(EDF)投资99.3亿美元“豪赌”储能领域

法国电力集团(EDF)3月27日表示，计划到2035年投资99.3亿美元在电力储能领域

该公司首席运营官Jean-Bernard Levy表示，电子储能科技有可能彻底改变能源领域。

法国公共事业部27日也表示，将计划中的投资用于开发大约10G瓦的额外能源存储项目，这个数量大约是目前在运营总量的两倍之多。

该公司表示，它将针对欧洲市场的能源储存项目，特别是在法国，但它也将在非洲寻求适当的合作机会，其中包括在非洲加纳和科特迪瓦的电池储存以及太阳能项目。

在接下来的两年里，法国电力公司表示将利用大约三分之一的能源投资来收购专注于能源储存项目和电网应用的项目以及创业公司。投资中的约8700万美元将用于支持能源储存空间的研究和开发活动。

French Nuclear Giant Gambles Big On Energy Storage

Electricite de France said today that it plans to invest a whopping $9.93 billion in electricity storage by 2035.

“Electricity-storage technologies have a potential to radically change the energy sector,” said Chief Executive Jean-Bernard Levy.

The French utility company said on Tuesday that the planned investment would be used to develop an estimated 10 gigawatts of additional energy storage projects, or roughly twice the total amount of capacity it currently operates.

The utility said it would target energy storage projects in the European market, especially in France, but that it would also pursue opportunities in Africa, including battery storage and storage plus solar projects in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.

Over the next two years, EDF said it would use roughly one third of its investment in energy storage to acquiring projects and start-up companies focused on energy storage projects and grid applications. A portion of the investment – about $87 million – will also be used to support research and development activities in the energy storage space.

EDF owns a large fleet of nuclear reactors in France, which derives about 75% of its electricity from nuclear energy. France has 58 nuclear reactors operated by EDF, with a total capacity of 63.1 gigawatts.

EDF owns and operates the Gravelines Nuclear Power Plant in northern France, which has an installed net capacity of 5,460 MW and a gross capacity of 5,706 MW, currently ranks as the sixth largest nuclear power facility in the world.  The French utility also owns the sixth and seventh largest nuclear power plants in the world, according to Power Technology.

In 2017, EDF and Areva established a joint venture called Edvance Engineering to design and build nuclear islands and control systems for new reactors globally. The joint venture is intended to enhance the export offering of the French nuclear industry by creating what EDF calls an "integrated generator/supplier model."