Renewable energy power producer Scatec has signed power purchase agreements (PPA) for three co-located solar and storage projects with 1.1GWh of energy storage in South Africa.

A solar and storage project totalling 20MW has entered commercial operation in Malawi, which the companies involved say is the first grid-connected utility-scale co-located project to do so in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Solar Media Podcast returns for a new season.

The secretary-general of the UN has highlighted the crucial role battery storage can play in tackling the global climate crisis.

Cellcube has signed a five-year agreement with an energy asset developer to deploy 1GW-plus of its vanadium redox flow batteries (VFRBs) in Southern Africa, but CEO Alexander Schoenfeldt tells Energy-Storage.news the company’s supply chain has a long way to go before getting to that kind of number.

A lithium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS) made by Saft will be installed at a 37.5MWp solar PV power plant in Côte d’Ivoire.

Amazon has added 37 new renewable energy projects to its portfolio, including two solar-plus-storage plants. 

Solar PV inverter manufacturer Sungrow has signed a 253MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) contract with Doral Renewable Energy Resources Group, its third in Israel this year.

A new 1GWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery factory in Turkey serving the energy storage system (ESS) market will start production in Q4 2022.

The global energy storage market will grow to deploy 58GW/178GWh annually by 2030, according to forecasting by BloombergNEF.