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Patrick Jowett pv magazine editor

Patrick Jowett pv magazine editor

Patrick Jowett

patrick.jowett@pv-magazine.com

Articles written by Patrick Jowett

Projects & Applications

Austria’s Andritz to supply South Korean 500 MW pumped storage power plant Austrian engineering group Andritz has signed a deal to supply the pump turbine units for a 500 MW pumped storage plant in South Korea, the country’s first new pumped storage project in over a decade.

Jan 22, 2026

Finance

Greenvolt secures financing for Hungary’s largest BESS Greenvolt Power has signed €58.9 million ($69 million) in project finance facilities with UniCredit Bank Hungary for the development of a 99 MW/288 MWh standalone battery energy storage system (BESS), set to be Hungary’s largest to date.

Jan 21, 2026

Manufacturing

GCL, Cornex, TBEA to build 5 GWh storage and solar manufacturing complex in Egypt Egypt’s Kemet has signed three agreements with Chinese companies over the last week, covering plans for a 5 GW solar cell complex, a 5 GWh battery energy storage factory and Egypt’s first solar inverter factory.

Jan 20, 2026

Grid-scale

Masdar reaches financial close for grid-scale solar-plus-storage plays in Oman, Uzbekistan The Abu Dhabi-based developer has achieved financial close on two large-scale projects mixing solar and storage, including Oman's first.

Tristan Rayner, Patrick Jowett

Jan 19, 2026

Grid-scale

Scatec secures PPA for Africa’s largest solar-plus-storage project, featuring 3.9 GWh battery Scatec has inked a 25-year power purchase agreement in Egypt for a 1.95 GW solar, 3.9 GWh battery energy storage project, representing the developer’s largest investment to date.

Jan 12, 2026

Projects & Applications

‘The real cost of a battery storage goes far beyond $/kWh’ During a pv magazine Week Europe 2025 webinar, storage specialists gave their thoughts on what to consider when purchasing battery energy storage systems in Europe, with pricing, supplier options and product reliability all on the agenda.

Dec 17, 2025

Projects & Applications

Toki Power secures 300 MWh standalone BESS in Romania The company says the battery energy storage system, set to be operational by the end of next year, will allow it to offer its partners with renewable assets balancing and route-to-market services.

Dec 12, 2025

Offgrid

Angola, Cabo Verde inaugurate major co-located battery storage projects In Angola, 75.26 MWh of battery storage has begun operating as part of Africa’s largest off-grid renewable energy system to date. Meanwhile, Cabo Verde has switched on a 26 MWh storage system tied to an existing wind farm.

Dec 10, 2025

Sodium-ion batteries

Sodium-ion battery cell cost could drop to $40/kWh, says IRENA A report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) notes that while it is still uncertain whether sodium-ion batteries will become a disruptive alternative to lithium-ion technology, they could offer significant cost-saving opportunities in applications such as electric vehicles and large-scale energy storage.

Nov 28, 2025

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