By ZeroHedge – Aug 27, 2025, 2:00 PM CDT Nearly 600 million people in Africa lack access to electricity, highlighting an urgent need for scalable and reliable energy solutions as the continent’s population is projected to double by 2070. Utility-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are crucial for stabilizing energy supply, managing renewable intermittency, and supporting off-grid systems in Africa. South Africa leads Africa’s battery storage pipeline with 11 GWh of prop...

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Aware Super will join with the United Kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund and infrastructure investment firm Equitix to invest more than $1 billion into a new battery business that will roll out more than 1 gigawatt of storage. The battery business, named Eelpower Energy, will build the storage for the British energy grid, and the £500 million venture adds to the deals by industry super funds deploying capital in international markets. Loading… Read More...

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