Independent power producer (IPP) Globeleq has brought a 19MWp, 2MW/7MWh energy storage plant in Mozambique into commercial operation.

Norway-headquartered renewable energy company Scatec has brought online two solar-plus-storage hybrid resources projects in Cameroon, Africa.

The Republic of Maldives has launched a tender process, seeking to procure battery energy storage systems (BESS) in an energy transition project supported by Asian Development Bank (ADB) funding.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has signed a US$400 million loan to ENGIE Energía Chile S.A. (ENGIE Chile) to fund the installation of new Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS).

The government of Bangladesh and potential investors into energy storage in the South Asian country were handed a European Union-funded roadmap for the technology’s development last week.

Dr Rahul Walawalkar, founder & president of IESA, gives us an exclusive recap from India Energy Storage Week.

Eesti Energia, a utility based in Estonia, will install the country’s first grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS).

Development banks IFC and AfDB have financed co-located projects in Malawi and Eritrea which collectively total 25MW of energy storage.

South Africa’s grid operator Eskom has issued a procurement notice for two grid-scale battery projects totalling 36MW/146MWh of energy storage, while the state-owned company’s CEO resigned this week.