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[pdf] With 23 commercial storage projects in the pipeline totaling 280MWh capacity, Madagascar's energy storage market is growing faster than vanilla prices during Christmas season. The real excitement? Rumors of a 50MW/200MWh flow battery project that could power entire industrial parks through the night.
[pdf] The project is expected to be completed in 2023, and will supply power to Rio Tinto’s QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) mine via a 20-year power purchase agreement. [pdf] Madagascar has commissioned its first integrated solar photovoltaic (PV) and storage facility.
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