MANILA, PHILIPPINES (10 December 2024) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a transaction advisory services agreement with Samoa’s Electric Power Corporation (EPC) to support the development of a solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage systems with installations planned for the country’s two largest islands, Upolu and Savai’i.
[pdf] In a recent project on a large, densely populated island, DEPCOM modeled 15 different battery systems with varying technologies and multiple system configurations against local requirements to save millions in avoided augmentation, replacement and installation costs.
[pdf] The Government of Liberia has tendered the services of consultants to develop and implement the country's first solar and battery storage auction. The utility-scale project will feature 70 MWp of solar PV plants and 20 MW/60 MWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Buchanan and Yekepa.
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