How storage helps turn gold mines green
BY RICHARD HEAP: This week, BayWa and Suntrace fired up a 30MW solar plant with a 15.4MWh battery storage system at the Fekola gold mine in Mali in west Africa. The project is set to…
Africa
Will Senegal be a storage pioneer?
BY RICHARD HEAP: Most energy storage development is focused on the world’s richest countries. This is understandable, given that most of us in the west expect uninterrupted access to our electricals. Storage can help to…
How PV-and-battery systems are being used to light up remote African villages
By Jason Deign German start-up Africa GreenTec is ramping up production of containerised solar-plus-storage systems in a bid to meet rural electrification demand from hundreds of African villages.
Concept by US breaks into Africa
By Jason Deign Florida, USA-based energy storage start-up Concept by US is due to start shipping its all-in-one battery systems to Africa in May. For the African market, the company has created a 50Hz, 220V, three-phase version…