{"id":248426,"date":"2024-04-07T04:47:13","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T04:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/globeleq-to-build-largest-standalone-battery-energy-storage-system-in-south-africa\/"},"modified":"2024-04-07T04:47:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T04:47:14","slug":"globeleq-to-build-largest-standalone-battery-energy-storage-system-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/globeleq-to-build-largest-standalone-battery-energy-storage-system-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Globeleq To Build Largest Standalone Battery Energy Storage System In South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News!<\/em><\/p>\n UK company Globeleq, the leading independent power company in Africa<\/span>, yesterday announced that its Red Sands project in the Northern Cape has been awarded Preferred Bidder status in South Africa\u2019s Energy Storage Capacity Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (ESIPPPP). Globeleq is majority-owned by British International Investment (BII), the Development Finance Institution of the UK Government.<\/p>\n Battery storage is an essential enabler of renewable-energy generation, and the market for these systems is growing rapidly in\u00a0South Africa<\/span>\u00a0and worldwide as a means of resolving energy crises and tackling climate change. These systems provide reliable power supply on demand, even when the energy grid is unstable, overcoming the challenges of intermittent wind and solar sources. They…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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