Jet Energy, a Moroccan EPC Contractor specialized in the construction, operation and maintenance of photovoltaic power plants has developed multiple power generation projects in Francophone Africa and now they are coming up with storage systems.
On 20th October’20, as a part of an agreement signed with the Moroccan company, the Swedish firm Azelio, who uses recycled aluminium as the storage medium, will supply the systems.
Jonas Eklind, CEO, Azelio said: “French-speaking Africa is one of the markets where we see that our technology for long-term (30 years) energy storage (TES.POD) can bring great benefits. We are delighted to be working with Jet Energy in their efforts to provide customers with reliable and affordable renewable energy production around the clock.”
The systems to be installed in Francophone Africa will be recycled aluminium as the storage medium, which in other words means, the system is free of rare minerals and will not suffer from a reduction in storage capacity over time.
According to the terms of the agreement between Azelio and Jet Energy, the systems are expected to store 45 MWh of electricity until 2025 and thus enable the continuous supply of electricity to the population.
Azelio said: “The first project is targeting 50 kW in 2021, followed by larger-scale project installations with a planned total of 5 MW in 2022, 10 MW in 2023, 15 MW in 2024 and 15 MW in 2025.”
This partnership comes about 8 months after the inauguration of Azelio’s first thermodynamic solar energy storage system in Morocco. The installation is located in the solar complex of Noor Ouarzazate. It should be commissioned before the end of 2020 after the storage checks carried out by the Swedish company.
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