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The third round of South Africa’s battery energy storage programme has attracted 33 bids from prospective independent power producers.

The Kolda solar PV and battery storage IPP, developed by Axian Energy, is soon to be relaunched following a delay caused by a land rights dispute.

The federal government of Somalia has requested bids for a 10MWp solar PV plant with 20MWh of storage capacity, which would be the country’s first utility-scale renewable energy plant. Sited in the Puntland capital of Garowe, the plant is part of a World Bank Group-funded programme to boost generation and create a new sub-transmission network.

Two PPAs have been concluded, the first of an “accelerated renewable energy initiative”. Along with a series of other wind and solar agreements, they fit into Egypt’s programme of rapidly promoting giga-scale projects while keeping offtake arrangements wide open. Projects are being driven by a cadre of loyal investor-developers.

The Oasis consortium, led by EDF Group and Mulilo, has reached financial close on three battery energy storage system (Bess) projects in South Africa’s Northern Cape and North West provinces. The projects are part of the first round of the country’s Battery Energy Storage IPP Procurement Programme (Besippp).

Saudi giant Acwa Power has agreed to supply electricity to Gotion High Tech Group’s planned Kenitra gigafactory in what will be Morocco’s biggest ever merchant power deal. The agreement could open the door to bigger and even more transformative developments and will restore Acwa’s position in Morocco, which has been eroded in recent years, writes Our Casablanca Correspondent.

Ouagadougou has invited international bidders to submit prequalification documents for two greenfield, solar storage projects, backed by funding from the World Bank Group and the Clean Technology Fund. African Energy takes a closer look at the projects and the impact they could have on the Société Nationale d’Electricité du Burkina Faso (Sonabel) grid.

In a milestone moment for the newly unbundled South African grid, Norwegian developer Scatec has reached financial close on the Mogobe battery energy storage system (Bess) project. The plant, to be located near Kathu in the Northern Cape, will be the country’s first stand-alone Bess IPP.

The new specification for a USTDA-funded feasibility study indicates a large amount of storage capacity could be added to JCM Power’s 50MW Mzuzu wind project.

Gambia’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and utility National Water and Electricity Company (Nawec) have invited independent power producer (IPP) developers to submit a request for qualification (RFQ) for the first stage of the Soma solar-storage project. On completion, the plant would not only be Gambia’s first utility-scale IPP but is also planned to be the foundation for a major West African Power Pool-focused second phase.

The 155MW Ummbila Emoyeni wind farm in Mpumalanga province is the first phase of a wider 900MW wind and solar PV project that includes an 800MW battery energy storage system (Bess).

The award for the prospective wind and battery energy storage plant in Mzuzu could see Malawi finally start to make use of its excellent wind resource. 

Solar PV solar and battery capacity has already taken an important share of Mali’s off-grid commercial and industrial (C&I) generation market. The installation of these systems is likely to go further despite the inherent risks in the market.

British energy major BP has signed a joint development agreement with a consortium of Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) and the local Hassan Allam Utilities and Infinity Power to explore the potential for a large, multi-phase green hydrogen (GH2) project in Egypt.

The UK/Norway-owned IPP Globeleq has raised $99m of debt financing for Mozambique’s first wind project, adding to its southern African portfolio. Despite industry pessimism over the prospects for utility-scale projects, Globeleq is advancing a large pipeline of greenfield renewable and gas capacity in eastern and southern Africa and is bullish over the future of utility-scale projects, writes Marc Howard.