Specializing in battery energy storage systems (BESS) within shipping container frameworks, this facility represents Africa's first vertically integrated manufacturing hub for modular renewable energy solutions. . Welcome to Cape Verde, a nation racing to ditch diesel generators for renewables. But here's the kicker—how do you keep the lights on when the wind takes a coffee break or clouds throw shade on solar farms? Enter mobile energy storage systems (ESS), the Swiss Army knives of electricity management. . During the presentation of the project, Cape Verde"s National Director for Industry, Trade and Energy, Rito Évora, announced that the energy storage centre is scheduled to be operational by 2030, with the aim of injecting 7% of renewable energy into the national public grid and 18% into that. . Well, Cape Verde's new energy storage container factory might just hold the blueprint for solving both challenges simultaneously. With its 540,000 inhabitants spread across 9 islands,this developing state presents an eminently rural chara teristic due to its low industrialization l port via EVs and hydr and integrates industry-leading design. . The Santiago Pumped Storage Project, which will be located in Chã Gonçalves, in the municipality of Ribeira Grande de Santiago and will cost around 60 million euros, promises to significantly increase energy storage capacity, thus making it possible to increase the country's electricity production. . The project, considered the world's largest solar-storage project, will install 3. 5GW of solar photovoltaic capacity and a 4. 5GWh battery storage system. The project has commenced in November 2024. [pdf] Recent projects show 40% cost savings compared to permanent installations, making them perfect. .
