Using batteries from Korea’s LG Chem, Younicos will design and build a 1MW storage system at a utility-scale PV project owned by OCI, with the battery system due online in early 2016.

The deal marks the beginning of a “strategic relationship” between OCI Solar Power, a subsidiary of South Korean chemicals giant OCI, and Younicos, a Berlin-based storage start-up which recently opened a technology centre in Austin, Texas.