Ever heard of a Chinese battery giant teaming up with a West African river to fight climate change? Meet CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited) and Burkina Faso’s Ouagadougou River – an unlikely duo redefining energy storage in ways that’ll make Elon Musk raise an eyebrow.
[pdf] Inherent in the Jingyuan energy storage projects is a suite of advanced technologies that enables enhanced energy retention and utilization. One key component involves the implementation of lithium-ion battery technology, which has revolutionized the energy storage landscape.
[pdf] A roundup of energy storage news from across the continent of Africa, with Morocco’s ONEE shortlisting bidders for a pumped hydro project, Somalia launching a grid-scale solar and storage tender, and a microgrid pairing grid-scale solar, BESS and diesel at a mine in Zambia.
[pdf] On June 12th, Linyang Energy announced that a consortium formed by its Linyang Power Services and China Water Resources and Electric Power Corporation has successfully won the bid for the Mauritius government's grid side energy storage project, with a bid amount of 24.9889 million US dollars (excluding tax), equivalent to approximately 179 million yuan, accounting for 2.66% of the company's 2024 revenue.
[pdf] In what is described as the largest energy storage procurement in China’s history, Power Construction Corporation of China (PowerChina) is targeting an unprecedented cumulative storage capacity of 16 GWh. The bids were opened on December 4.
[pdf] Energy storage (ES) plays a key role in the energy transition to low-carbon economies due to the rising use of intermittent renewable energy in electrical grids. Among the different ES technologies, compress.
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