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Southeast Asia’s emerging energy storage opportunities

December 20, 2022
Uptick in energy storage investment in region still largely powered by coal, experiencing population and energy demand growth.
One of a 10-project portfolio FlexGen delivered for electric cooperative and municipal utility customers in North Carolina, October 2022. Image: NC Electric Cooperatives.

FlexGen puts first BESS into service in 40MW buildout for North Carolina cooperatives

December 7, 2022
FlexGen has completed the first project in its 40MW buildout for a set of electric cooperative utilities in North Carolina.
3D rendering of a Gravitricity project. Image: Gravitricity.

UK, Australian gravity storage tech startups seek opportunities and scale

November 29, 2022
A UK company has received funding to explore potential sites in India for demonstration of its proprietary gravity energy storage technology.
ACWA Power and PLN's MoU signing in Bali. Image: ACWA Power.

Indonesia state power company in energy storage, green hydrogen MoU with ACWA Power

November 28, 2022
ACWA Power and Indonesian state power company will investigate energy storage and green hydrogen projects in the Southeast Asian country.
June 2021 inauguration of the 50MW initial phases of the project. Image: Jinko Solar.

AMEA Power making battery storage upgrade in Togo for ‘West Africa’s largest solar PV plant’

November 24, 2022
A 50MW solar PV plant in Togo will be expanded to 70MW capacity, while grid-scale battery storage will also be added at the site.
Public consultations have been held with Benin localities over the minigrid projects, with community approval required for each to go ahead. Image: OCEF.

Financing closed for Benin solar-battery minigrids by EDF-backed joint venture partners

November 18, 2022
New company deploying off-grid renewable energy solutions in Benin will carry out €8.5 million of electrification projects within a year.
Nearly two-thirds of Sub-Saharan African people don't have access to electricity. Image: ZOLA Electric.

US and European Union partnership on African green energy includes energy storage, off-grid focus

October 17, 2022
The US and the European Union have made a fresh pledge to support green energy in Africa.
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the country's first village to go 24/7 solar, which the politician said should be an example of what could be achieved. Image: Narendra Modi official Twitter account.

Prime Minister Modi inaugurates India’s symbolic first battery-enabled 24/7 ‘solar town’

October 10, 2022
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended inauguration for energy network enabling entire town to source its electricity from solar PV.
Boundary Power R-Series SAPS installation. Image: Boundary Power.

Western Australia putting 1,000 PV-plus-battery standalone power systems into remote and rural areas

June 28, 2022
The government of Western Australia has begun a drive to deploy at least 1,000 renewable energy off-grid power systems.
Aerial view of a commissioning celebration at a CBEA project implemented by PoweGen in Dokota, Niger State, Nigeria. Image: CBEA.

Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, Bank of America among funders of Africa mini-grid push

June 21, 2022
Crossboundary Energy Access, an investment platform which is project financing solar-powered mini-grid projects in rural Africa, has secured US$50 million funding.

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