- BYD lands an 11.275 GWh deal with Masdar to supply Abu Dhabi’s Round The Clock renewable storage solution.
- BYD’s Haohan battery tech boosts cell capacity 300% and halves BMS complexity, shrinking footprint and costs.
- With flagship wins across Saudi Arabia, UAE, Europe, and Japan, BYD is scaling a standardized global storage platform.
BYD Energy Storage has secured another major Middle East order, signing an 11.275GWh cooperation agreement with UAE energy giant Masdar to provide a full energy storage solution for the UAE’s Round The Clock (RTC) renewable energy project.
Located in Abu Dhabi, the project is jointly developed by Masdar and Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC). It is the world’s first gigawatt-scale round-the-clock renewable energy project, also one of the largest solar-plus-storage integrated developments currently under construction globally.
The project combines photovoltaic generation with energy storage to address renewable power intermittency, enabling 24-hour clean electricity supply.
Once fully operational, the facility will deliver gigawatt-scale baseload power at globally competitive electricity costs. Its development model could serve as a reference for other markets seeking large-scale renewable integration.
BYD has already established a strong presence in the Middle East energy storage market. In February 2025, Saudi Arabia’s Bisha 2.6GWh energy storage project entered operation, becoming the world’s largest single-site energy storage project connected to the grid at the time. BYD supplied 488 units of its MC Cube ESS energy storage systems for the project.
In April 2025, the first batch of 120 MC Cube ESS units was shipped from Guangxi Beibu Gulf Port. A total of 2,364 units are scheduled for phased delivery as part of the 12.5GWh grid-scale energy storage cooperation agreement previously signed between BYD and Saudi Electricity Company.
With the addition of the UAE project, BYD has now secured multiple flagship energy storage deployments across Saudi Arabia and the UAE. From the Bisha project’s grid connection to the delivery of Saudi Arabia’s 10GWh-plus storage project, BYD has built a standardized Middle East operating model covering manufacturing, cross-border logistics, and on-site operations and maintenance.
BYD’s in-house technology development is another key competitive advantage. Its Haohan energy storage system uses a dedicated 2,710Ah energy storage blade battery.
Compared with conventional solutions, the cell capacity has increased by more than 300%, while battery management system complexity has been reduced by 70% to 80%.
The system’s smallest configuration reaches 14.5MWh. Within an equivalent 20-foot standard container, it can achieve 10MWh capacity, reducing land requirements and construction costs for storage facilities.
The system also integrates BYD’s proprietary GC Master EMS energy management platform. A single site can manage more than 15GWh of storage capacity, supporting data analysis, equipment dispatch, and safety alerts.
BYD Energy Storage’s global expansion is not limited to the Middle East. The company is also accelerating deployments across Europe and Asia-Pacific markets.
In Europe, BYD partnered with Portuguese energy developer Greenvolt Power on Poland’s Siedlce energy storage project. The project has a planned capacity of 600MW/2.4GWh, making it one of the largest planned energy storage facilities in Poland. It will use BYD’s Haohan energy storage system, with construction expected to start in the third quarter of 2026 before entering operation by the end of 2027. The two companies have previously deployed 1.6GWh of energy storage projects in Poland.
In the Asia-Pacific region, BYD launched the Haohan energy storage system in Japan this year, entering the country’s grid-scale energy storage market.
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