Gotion Starts 1.5 GWh Battery Delivery for Egypt’s Nefertiti and Horus Projects

Gotion has started full-scale battery-system deliveries for AMEA Power’s Nefertiti and Horus Egypt battery storage projects, moving the two developments from procurement toward physical equipment deployment. Gotion said on September 30 that 50 trucks carrying its 5 MWh Gotion Grid systems departed from its Jinzhai and Nantong facilities on September 28.

Independent project records from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development confirm that Nefertiti is a 500 MW / 1,000 MWh standalone battery in Benban and Horus is a 250 MW / 500 MWh standalone battery in Zafarana. Together, the two AMEA Power projects total 750 MW / 1.5 GWh and are expected to reach commercial operation in 2027.

Egypt battery storage projects move into equipment delivery

Gotion’s September 30 announcement says the first 50 trucks mark the start of full-scale delivery for the Nefertiti and Horus projects. The supplier said the systems include its Gotion Grid 5 MWh platform and described the equipment package as spanning cells, battery-management systems, DC equipment, power-conversion systems and transformers.

The shipment milestone should not be confused with commissioning or commercial operation. Both projects remain under implementation, and the EBRD’s project documents say commercial operation is expected in 2027.

Gotion describes the combined development as Africa’s largest AC-coupled standalone storage project. That ranking is a supplier characterization. The underlying capacities, locations and project status are independently supported by lender documentation.

Nefertiti accounts for two-thirds of the combined energy capacity

The EBRD’s Nefertiti project record describes a 500 MW / 1,000 MWh standalone BESS within Benban Solar Park in Aswan Governorate. The bank has approved up to $162.5 million of senior debt for the project and lists total project cost at approximately $297 million.

Nefertiti is designed to operate under a 20-year Capacity Purchase Agreement with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company. The lender says the battery will store energy during lower-demand periods and discharge during peak periods, with the project intended to strengthen system flexibility and renewable-energy integration.

The 1,000 MWh energy rating gives Nefertiti approximately two hours of storage at its maximum 500 MW output based on the announced figures.

Horus adds another 250 MW / 500 MWh at Zafarana

The Horus project is planned at 250 MW / 500 MWh next to the Zafarana Wind Farm in Suez Governorate. EBRD has approved financing of up to $61 million and lists expected total project cost at up to approximately $145 million.

Horus also has a 20-year Capacity Purchase Agreement with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company and is expected to enter commercial operation in 2027. Like Nefertiti, its announced power and energy ratings correspond to about two hours of discharge at maximum rated output.

AMEA Power had previously announced the 1,500 MWh portfolio and capacity agreements. The new development is not another project award; it is the start of large-scale equipment movement for projects whose commercial framework was established earlier.

The 1.5 GWh portfolio adds scale to Egypt’s standalone storage market

Large standalone batteries are increasingly being developed as grid assets rather than simply as storage attached to individual solar or wind plants. Nefertiti and Horus are structured around capacity agreements with the transmission company, making their role broader than shifting output from a single renewable generator.

Microgrid Media has tracked similar growth in multi-gigawatt-hour battery procurement elsewhere. A recent L&T order covering 6 GWh of Middle East storage shows how regional battery projects are moving toward large portfolios that combine storage equipment with grid interconnection and substation infrastructure.

The commercial structure is also worth comparing with standalone batteries in Spain, where a long-term tolling agreement helped support project financing. Egypt’s Nefertiti and Horus projects instead use long-term capacity agreements with EETC.

At the technology level, projects such as Queensland’s Supernode Stage 3 battery expansion illustrate another direction for utility-scale storage, combining multi-hour duration with grid-forming functionality. Gotion’s September release makes performance claims about its own platform, but project-level acceptance testing for Nefertiti and Horus has not yet been disclosed.

Delivery is a meaningful milestone, but commissioning remains ahead

Moving equipment from manufacturing plants into project logistics reduces one procurement risk, particularly for developments that require hundreds of containerized battery and power-conversion units. It does not establish that those systems have been installed, energized or accepted by the grid operator.

For the Egypt battery storage projects, the next material milestones will include equipment arrival, site installation, electrical completion, grid-connection testing and formal commercial-operation declarations. Those steps will determine whether the 750 MW / 1.5 GWh portfolio moves from a financed and supplied development into an operating part of Egypt’s power system on the expected 2027 schedule.