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Republic of Mozambique’s Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Ernesto Max Tonela ceremonially laid the first PV module in June. Image: EDM.

Mozambique solar project with utility-scale battery storage system begins construction

June 15, 2021
Mozambique’s energy and mineral resources minister attended a ceremony to mark the start of construction on the first solar project in the country to be paired with utility-scale battery energy storage.
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USTDA funding feasibility studies for Mozambique, Senegal battery storage projects

May 12, 2021
US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) funding has been allocated to feasibility studies for large-scale battery storage projects co-located with wind power in Senegal, west Africa and Mozambique, in southeastern Africa.
A project installed by US company Powerhive, which specialises in 'off-grid utility solutions' on the African continent. Image: Powerhive.

The outlook for mini-grids

April 21, 2020
Mini-grids offer a quick route to electrification in parts of the world where grid extensions are unfeasible. Baptiste Possémé looks at the some of the technological and regulatory trends influencing the deployment of mini-grids in Africa and Asia.
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First Africa project for Baywa is Zambia solar-plus-storage pilot

November 7, 2017
German renewables firm BayWa r.e. has commissioned a combined PV and battery system in Zambia’s Chisamba province, to supply irrigation for aquacultural farming.
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Redavia develops 300kWh of diesel and kerosene-replacing microgrids in Tanzania

October 27, 2017
Rental solar power company Redavia has commissioned two microgrid PV-plus-storage systems totalling 303kWh of energy storage capacity, both located in the Songwe region in western Tanzania.

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