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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

Chad’s first utility-scale solar plus storage plant now online Abu Dhabi-based Global South Utilities has commissioned Chad’s first utility-scale solar plant, a 50 MW facility in N’Djamena with 5 MWh of storage to supply 274,000 homes.

Oct 01, 2025

Policy

Czechia introduces new licensing rules for energy storage An amendment to Czechia’s Energy Act has raised the threshold for mandatory electricity generation licences from 50 kW to 100 kW for solar installations generating power for direct consumption. The update also eases rules for energy storage, exempting systems from separate licensing if their capacity does not exceed 20% above that of the connected renewable energy source.

Sep 30, 2025

Tenders

Oman selects developers for 100 MWh solar-plus-storage project The project will be located alongside the existing 500 MW Ibri II solar project, which was inaugurated in January 2022, and will contribute an additional 4% of renewable energy in the country’s electricity generation mix.

Sep 24, 2025

Grid-scale

Brookfield, Solarvest partner on 1.5 GW of solar-plus-storage in Malaysia The two parties have signed a joint investment framework agreement to develop, construct and operate 1.5 GW worth of solar-plus-storage projects in Malaysia over the next three to five years.

Sep 24, 2025

Distributed

Energy storage takes center stage in Poland’s prosumer rebate scheme The budget for the sixth round of Poland’s rebate scheme for residential solar and storage installations was extended to a record PLN 1.85 billion ($511.8 million), up from an original PLN 400 million, after receiving 121,000 applications. Over half of the budget will be allocated to home energy storage facilities.

Sep 15, 2025

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

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