The World Bank plans to make energy storage an integral part of its ‘Scaling Solar’ program, that until now has been focused purely on facilitating large-scale solar tendering, predominantly in Africa.
The World Bank’s groundbreaking US$1 billion loan for Indian solar will partly focus on improving transmission for solar parks and innovation in wind and energy storage hybrids, according to a senior government official.
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.
ACWA Power has agreed to deploy wind energy and battery capacity to help power what is claimed will be the Middle East and Africa region’s ‘first battery gigafactory.’
A double-header of news from Central America and the Caribbean, with Belize seeking consultants for a 40MW BESS and Wärtsilä commissioning a hybrid project in the US Virgin Islands.
The Ministry of Energy and Water Resources (MoEWR) of Somalia has issued a competitive tender for the provision of solar and storage technology at 46 different sites in the country.
