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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

Auctions

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.

Sep 08, 2025

Industry

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

Grid-scale

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.

Aug 07, 2025

Grid-scale

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.

Aug 06, 2025

Tenders

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.

Jul 15, 2025

Auctions

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.

May 28, 2025

Grid-scale

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).

May 08, 2025

R&D

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.

May 05, 2025

Policy

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.

Apr 03, 2025

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