The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has provided US$142 million in financing for the construction of a 1GW solar and 1.3GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) portfolio in Uzbekistan.

The government of South Africa has secured nearly 1.7GW/11GWh of grid-scale BESS capacity via various procurement programmes, though questions remain around their integrity and deliverability.

A list of pre-qualified bidders has been published in the first procurement of BESS resources by the Saudi Power Procurement Company (SPPC).

The Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan has signed an Implementation Agreement (IA) with ACWA Power for battery energy storage system (BESS) projects.

Saudi-based independent power producer (IPP) ACWA Power has signed a PPA with government bodies in South Africa for a solar-plus-storage project with a 1,200MWh BESS.

ACWA Power has signed agreements to develop 1.4GW of solar PV and 1.2GW of energy storage projects in Uzbekistan.

ACWA Power has signed a partnership agreement to develop a large-scale wind energy and battery storage project in Kazakhstan.

During first China-Arab States Summit, Sungrow signed battery storage supply agreement for Saudi Arabia’s new ‘smart city’ megadevelopment.