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(L-r) LRA Commissioner General, Thomas Doe Nah; MOCI Deputy Minister for Industry, Thomas G. Goba; British Ambassador to Liberia, Neil Bradley; GLS Chairman, Mr. Peter Malcolm King; and other partners perform the groundbreaking for the LISDS open access modern warehouse.
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20 MW/5 MWh solar-plus-storage project set to begin construction in Malawi
The Golomoti solar plant is expected to come online in 2022. The plant will be used to provide grid stability and reduce national dependence on diesel generators and hydroelectric generation.From pv magazine France Infraco Africa, a unit of U.K.-based Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), and Canadian private equity firm JCM Power, will begin construction on the 20 MW Golomoti solar plant in Malawi in the current quarter. Completion of the solar facility, which is planned to be located in Dedza, about 100km southeast of the capital, Lilongwe, is scheduled for early 2022. The plant will .
First Solar-Plus-Storage Project Set for Construction in Malawi
March 8, 2021
InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), and its project partner, JCM Power (JCM), have announced their commitment to finance the construction of the 20MWAC Golomoti Solar project with a 5MW/10MWh lithium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS) in Malawi.
Golomoti Solar will be the first commercial-scale solar photovoltaic plant in Malawi to include a BESS, and along with its sister project, Salima Solar, Golomoti is among the first commercial-scale solar photovoltaic plants in the country.
Chief Executive Officer of InfraCo, Gilles Vaes, said, “As part of our commitment to Malawi’s renewable energy sector, we are pleased to be working with our partners at JCM to deliver a further 20MWAC of clean power to the grid. This key milestone has been made possible by the strong support the project has received from the Government of Malawi, regulators and the state utili