Energy Storage Project in the Republic of South Africa

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Energy Storage Project in the Republic of South Africa
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South Africa urgently needed over 360 megawatts (MW) of additional storage, and testing by the state-owned utility, Eskom, confirmed that grid-scale battery storage technology

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