CHAKWERA LAUNCHES LANDMARK BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE
The BESS project, valued as a ground-breaking initiative, boasts a 20-megawatt battery energy storage system, a first-of-its-kind in Africa. Scheduled to be fully operational by
Malawi gets over its total energy from oil, which is fossil fuel. We depend on this fuel to run our vehicles, generators, power industry and manufacturing, and provide us with electricity in the absence if hydro power. Petrol and diesel powers many of our municipal transportation fleets and the trucks that deliver goods to markets.
Power and Energy Sources: The main source of power in Malawi is electricity grid provided by the Electricity Supply Commission of Malawi. However, the country has been facing constant and prolonged power interruptions. This has made it difficult to progress in implementation of reliable digital health systems.
of electric energy per year. Per capita this is an average of 56 kWh. Malawi can completely be self-sufficient with domestically produced energy. The total production of all electric energy producing facilities istwo bn kWh, also 141 percent of own requirements.
The project will also contribute to a cleaner energy future for Malawi, reducing reliance on costly diesel generators, cutting carbon emissions by ~10,000 tonnes annually, and unlocking the full uptake of at least 100 MW of variable renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, into the grid.
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