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What is the Minimum Capacity Factor (CF) for Battery?

The minimum capacity for battery energy storage is 50% of the solar power plant’s export capacity with 4 hours of storage.

Is there Capacity Payment for Battery? What is the defined hours of operation with BESS? As during the townhall, the sample was operating between 9 AM to 9 PM. Can we operate beyond 12 hours, for example, from 9 AM to 11 PM? Under clause 8.14(a), the BESS is “dispatchable by GSO as per system requirements”. Under what circumstances will GSO be dispatching power from the BESS— i. Is this for emergency / occasional use only under unusual circumstances, and otherwise, the RED will dispatch the BESS under normal circumstances, or ii. Will GSO maintain sole dispatch control of the BESS? For (i) Is there any rules governing how the RED dispatches the power from the BESS? What is the dispatch priority during solar energy generation? E.g. is it to fully charge the BESS first and export to grid once BESS is fully charged or vice versa? Or is the battery mainly to help firm up/smooth out the half-hourly firm output?