The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis, the state-owned St Kitts Electric Company (SKELEC) and Leclanché SA have broken ground on a landmark solar generation and storage project that will provide between 30-35% of St. Kitts baseload energy needs for the next 20-25 years while reducing carbon dioxide emissions by more than 740,000 metric tons.
The $70 million microgrid project is being built by Leclanché, one of the world's leading energy storage companies, which will serve as the prime engineering, procurement and construction contractor. Leclanché will provide a turnkey solar plus storage solution together with its main subcontractor Grupotec, headquartered in Valencia, Spain, an experienced engineering and construction firm and leader in the photovoltaic energy sector. Leclanché will own and operate the facility under its strategic build, own and operate model through its SOLEC Power Ltd subsidiary with partner Solrid Ltd. For further information see the IDTechEx report on Batteries for Stationary Energy Storage 2021-2031.