Key Figures & Findings: South Sudan is embarking on a significant renewable energy transformation, with a new solar-plus-battery storage (BESS) project to address the country's alarmingly low energy access.
[pdf] These South Africa’s 1.29GW Six Solar Projects will expand the country’s portfolio of renewable energy projects. The announcement is as a result of the Department of Electricity and Energy’s (DEE) decision to reallocate unutilized onshore wind capacity under the bid window to solar.
[pdf] China’s Risen Energy is deploying containerized BESS units across Brazil’s northeast—enough to power 70,000 homes during blackouts [2]. Local startups are aggregating rooftop solar + storage into Brazil’s first VPP network, with 200MW planned by Q3 2026.
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