Africa’s energy storage market has seen a boom since 2017, having risen from 31MWh to 1,600MWh in 2024, according to trade body AFSIA Solar’s latest report.
Energy storage deployments globally increased by over half in 2024, with the grid-scale segment the driver of this, market intelligence firm Rho Motion’s head of research writes in this contributed article.
A roundup of energy storage news from across the continent of Africa, with Morocco’s ONEE shortlisting bidders for a pumped hydro project, Somalia launching a grid-scale solar and storage tender, and a microgrid pairing grid-scale solar, BESS and diesel at a mine in Zambia.
The Department of Electricity and Energy of South Africa has announced the successful bidders for the second round of its Battery Energy Storage Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (BESIPPPP).