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DNV to Study Lekela Storage Plan in Senegal

Focus will be on how to provide increased stability and integrate intermittent renewable energy into Senelec’s grid Lekela has appointed DNV as a contractor to carry out a feasibility study for West Africa’s largest grid-scale battery electric storage system (BESS) in Senegal. The study will focus on how to provide increased grid stability and integrate […]

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Senegal opens West Africa’s first big wind farm in push for renewables

DAKAR: Senegal inaugurated the first large-scale wind farm in West Africa on Monday, a facility that will supply nearly a sixth of the country’s power when it reaches full capacity later this year. With the wind farm, Senegal will get 30% of its energy from renewable sources, which has been a goal of President Macky […]

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Senegal may place ‘substantial order’ for e-rickshaws, says Foreign Secretary

This statement comes after the Senegalese President Macky Sall held a brief meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Monday morning Biarritz: Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale on Monday said that Senegal may soon place a “substantial order” for e-rickshaws. India had previously given 250 of the solar-powered vehicles to the West African nation. This […]

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ENGIE and Meridiam achieve financial close for two solar photovoltaic projects in Senegal

The solar photovoltaic (PV) plants are part of the Scaling Solar initiative in Senegal, conducted jointly by the Senegalese authorities and International Finance Corporation (IFC) PARIS, France: ENGIE (www.ENGIE.com) and partners Meridiam and FONSIS have signed the EPC, Operation & Maintenance and Finance contracts for two solar PV projects of 60 MW. The total investment […]

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Nominated: Projects in Brazil, Australia, Senegal compete for Solar & Storage Live Awards

A solar-plus-storage project in Brazil trialling different batteries, a 22MW solar farm with 2.4MW of battery storage in Senegal and NGK Insulators’ recent, huge project using sodium sulfur batteries in Abu Dhabi are among the nominees in this year’s Solar & Storage Live Awards: International project category. The Solar Media editorial team, including Energy-Storage.news editor Andy Colthorpe, […]

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Senegal imports tribunes for first wind farm project, aims to become leader in renewables

Senegal started importing turbines for its first large-scale wind farm on Thursday, the biggest such project in West Africa that will supply nearly a sixth of the country’s power. Privately-owned British renewable power company Lekela expects the wind farm, located in Taiba Ndiaye, about 100 km from the capital Dakar, to reach 158.7 megawatts (MW) […]

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DHYBRID to supply control and energy storage solution for seven hybrid plants in Senegal

Munich/Germany: The German hybrid specialist DHYBRID will supply seven PV-diesel hybrid systems in remote Senegalese locations with sophisticated hybrid control and energy storage systems. The total output capacity is 2 MW, the storage capacity 2 MWh. The plants will enable Senegal to supply power for very isolated sites and to diversify its energy mix. DHYBRID […]

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