South Africa’s third battery bidding round attracts 33 project submissions

A total of 33 bids have been submitted for South Africa’s latest bidding round for 616 MW/2 464 MWh of utility-scale battery storage capacity that is being procured across five pre-selected substation sites in the Free State. A submission deadline for what is the country’s third bid window for the technology was initially set for July 31, but was later revised to November 28.