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Philippines renewables auction falls short on solar+storage target Preliminary results from the fourth renewables auction in the Philippines show 9.4 GW in awarded solar, wind and storage projects, short of the 10.6 GW target, with remaining capacity in floating solar and solar-plus-storage to be reassigned to qualified bidders.
Patrick Jowett
Sep 08, 2025
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Indonesia announces bold 320 GWh distributed battery storage plan The new initiative features plans for 1 MW solar minigrids tied with 4 MWh of accompanying battery energy storage, to be deployed across 80,000 villages, alongside 20 GW of centralized solar power plants.
Patrick Jowett, Tristan Rayner
Aug 11, 2025
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Senegal switches on inaugural solar-plus-storage facility Africa REN has commissioned a 16 MW solar plant with 10 MW/20 MWh of battery storage in northern Senegal, billed as the first grid-connected solar-plus-storage facility in West Africa.
Patrick Jowett
Aug 07, 2025
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Acwa Power secures two co-located storage projects for 1,200 MWh in Morocco Riyadh-based energy company Acwa Power will develop Morocco’s Noor Midelt II and Noor Midelt III solar-plus-storage projects with a combined 1,200 MWh of battery energy storage.
Patrick Jowett
Aug 06, 2025
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Saint Lucia plans a 26 MWh solar plus storage project Electric utility company St Lucia Electricity Services is set to tender a 10 MW solar project with 13 MW battery energy storage later this year.
Patrick Jowett
Jul 15, 2025
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Kenya opens solar-plus-storage tender Kenya Electricity Generating Co. (KenGen) is searching for up to seven companies to assist with a 42.5 MW solar project with 3 MW/4.5 MWh of accompanying battery energy storage. The deadline for applications is July 29.
Patrick Jowett
May 28, 2025
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Scatec begins big Egyptian solar, battery project The first phase of the project is scheduled for commercial operation during the first half of next year and the site is backed by a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) from the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC).
Patrick Jowett
May 08, 2025
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Polar Night Energy plans second pilot sand-battery in Finland Polar Night Energy will build a second pilot plant in southern Finland to test its power-to-heat-to-power sand battery technology. The project aims to demonstrate the system’s ability to reconvert stored heat into electricity.
Patrick Jowett
May 05, 2025
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Czechia reinvests in loan scheme for C&I solar, storage installations Czechia has increased funding for its interest-free loan program for commercial and industrial (C&I) solar and storage projects to CZK 3 billion ($132.2 million) after strong demand exhausted the previous budget.
Patrick Jowett
Apr 03, 2025

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