
Malawi has implemented its first energy storage project in sub-Saharan region
Renewable energy producer JCM Power and infrastructure company InfraCo Africa have commissioned in Malawi a solar power plant with a peak capacity of 28.5 megawatts (MW), equipped with a 5 MW lithium-ion battery system able to store 10 megawatt-hours (MW*H) of electricity at a time. The complex built in the Dedza region, south of Lilongwe, Malawi’s capital, is the first implemented energy storage project.