AMEA Power has completed commissioning of the first large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) in Egypt, ahead of the start of commercial operations.

The financial close of two significant large-scale projects in Egypt could mark progress for the country’s nascent energy storage sector.

Egypt’s government has signed contracts with developer AMEA Power for two large-scale battery energy storage projects, the country’s first.

Developer AMEA Power will collaborate with Trinasolar and Energy China ZTPC to install battery storage at a 500MW solar PV plant in Egypt, Africa.

Independent power producers (IPP) Scatec and AMEA Power will build solar and storage projects totalling 1.1GWh of storage capacity for power purchase agreements (PPAs) in Egypt.

Solar energy companby KarmSolar has secured US$2.4 million in bank financing for a solar-plus-storage project in Egypt.

News in brief from around the world in energy storage.

Sungrow will supply inverters and battery energy storage system (BESS) equipment to a solar-plus-storage project at a goldmine in Egypt. 

This edition of news in brief from around the world in energy storage focuses on small-scale but potentially significant deployments. 

German developer and EPC contractor juwi has secured a deal to design, supply and build a solar-storage hybrid project at an off-grid gold mine in Egypt.