Energy Boom in Africa: 2024 Marks a Breakthrough Year for Energy Storage
Energy Supply Challenges in South Africa: The launch of the Battery Energy Storage IPP Procurement Program (BESIPPPP) in 2023 significantly boosted the energy
Energy Supply Challenges in South Africa: The launch of the Battery Energy Storage IPP Procurement Program (BESIPPPP) in 2023 significantly boosted the energy
Africa''s energy storage market has boomed since 2017, rising from 31MWh to 1,600MWh in 2024, according to trade body AFSIA Solar.
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The 2019 South African Energy Report compiled by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy said that the South African energy supply is dominated by coal which constituted 69% of the primary energy supply in 2016, followed by crude oil with 14% and renewables with 11%.
Scatec’s Kenhardt solar-plus-storage site in South Africa (above), which went online at the end of 2023. Image: Scatec. Africa’s energy storage market has seen a boom since 2017, having risen from just 31MWh to 1,600MWh in 2024, according to trade body AFSIA Solar’s latest report.
As noted by AFSIA Solar, one of the most notable solar-plus-storage developments in Africa is Norway-based independent power producer (IPP) Scatec’s 225MW/1,140MWh Kenhardt project in South Africa. The site started operation in late 2023 (pictured above).
Solar PV, which, as reported by our colleagues at PV Tech in their write-up of the AFSIA report, reached 19.2GW in 2024, increasing by 2.5GW on 2023 levels, is becoming the focal energy generation resource for Africa.