Subscribe To Premium
Premium Subscription

solar home systems

An off-grid solar PV and battery system in Africa. Image: Powerhive.

‘Countless piles of dead batteries’ are testament to lead acid’s toxic legacy in Africa

May 16, 2018
Providers of solar-plus-storage into the continent of Africa have said that it is a misconception that lead acid batteries used in off-grid systems are recycled efficiently back into the supply chain.

Email Newsletter

Most Popular

US DOE funds energy storage tech for critical facilities backup and resiliency demonstrations

US clean energy future hangs in balance in US Senate’s ‘vote-a-rama’ on reconciliation bill  

US grid-scale BESS market could shrink by almost a third in 2026, Wood Mackenzie says

Premium

Clean energy experts weigh in as US Senators vote on tax reconciliation bill

Premium

Local authorities enact moratoriums on large-scale BESS development in Oregon, New York

‘Africa’s largest standalone BESS’ reaches commercial close in South Africa

Upcoming Events

ASIA Sustainable Energy Week 2025 (ASEW)

July 2
 - July 4
, 2025
Bangkok, Thailand

The US Budget Bill: Implications for Energy Storage Markets & Manufacturing

July 29
 - July 29
, 2025
9am PST / 5pm bst

Battery Asset Management Summit Australia

August 26
 - August 27
, 2025
Sydney, Australia

Large Scale Solar Southern Europe 2025

September 16
 - September 17
, 2025
Athens, Greece

EU PVSEC 2025

September 22
 - September 26
, 2025
Bilbao, Spain

Energy Storage Summit Central Eastern Europe 2025

September 23
 - September 24
, 2025
Warsaw, Poland
Energy-Storage.News is part of the Informa Markets Division of Informa PLC
This site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all copyright resides with them. Informa PLC's registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England and Wales. Number 8860726.
Copyright © 2025. All rights reserved. Informa Markets, a trading division of Informa PLC.