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Akuo building 80MW/220MWh Portugal BESS for 2027 completion

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IPP Akuo will soon start building a 2.75-hour BESS project in Borba, Portugal, integrated into its 181MW Santas solar PV plant. The SantasBAT battery energy storage system (BESS) project is scheduled for completion in Q2 2027. The project secured €15 million (US$17.3 million) from Portugal’s portion of the EU-wide Recovery and Resilience scheme, which awarded some €100 million to 500MW of energy s...
The strongest version of this narrative highlights Portugal’s accelerating transition to renewable energy, supported by EU funding and private investment. The SantasBAT project exemplifies how energy storage can stabilize grids and align solar production with demand, a critical step toward Portugal’s 2030 renewable targets. The context of the 2023 blackout underscores the urgency of grid modernization and storage deployment, framing these efforts as pragmatic responses to systemic vulnerabilitie...