Sungrow Launches Advanced Energy Storage in South Africa
Sungrow unveils cutting-edge commercial and industrial energy storage systems in Johannesburg, tackling load shedding and boosting renewable adoption across South Africa.
Image: Olga Ernst, Wikimedia Commons Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has issued a tender for three solar PV plants to be located at three different airports in the country. The three proposed projects will be based at Tambo International Airport, King Shaka International Airport, and Cape Town International Airport.
Unveiled in 2023, thanks to $195 million from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and $220 million from AfDB, this flagship project represents the largest battery energy storage system (BESS) on the African continent.
South Africa is aiming to procure utility-scale battery storage with two tender programmes: its Battery Storage IPP Procurement Programme as well as hybrid battery storage and variable renewables projects through its Risk Mitigation IPP Procurement Programme.
In South Africa, battery storage is increasingly seen as a key pillar to help provide grid stability and integrate variable renewables given its ageing coal-fired power fleet and grid.
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