[SMM PV News] Nigeria and Senegal Accelerate Distributed Solar-Storage

The African Development Bank has approved up to USD 66 million for Phase I of Egypt’s 500MW Dandara Solar Project, which includes a 100MWh battery storage system. Located in Qena Governorate and developed by Norway’s Scatec, the project will supply renewable electricity to EgyptAlum under a 25-year PPA and a wheeling agreement with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company. The financing includes USD 46 million from AfDB ordinary resources and USD 20 million from the Climate Investment Funds’ Clean Technology Fund. Phase I is scheduled to begin operations in early 2028 and is expected to generate around 1,373GWh annually.

In H1 2026, the global energy storage battery cell market sustained explosive growth. According to SMM data, global energy storage battery cell shipments in H1 reached approximately 486 GWh, up 93% YoY. By shipment structure, utility-scale (including industrial and commercial ESS) battery cell shipments exceeded 432 GWh, while residential battery cell shipments totaled nearly 54 GWh; utility-scale applications remained the absolute dominant segment.

Recently, it was reported that the 100MW/200MWh energy storage power station project of Nanjing Xinxin Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd. has broken ground in the Lishui Development Zone, Nanjing. The project has a total investment of 250 million yuan and covers an area of approximately 22.14 mu. It plans to construct a 100MW/200MWh grid-side electrochemical energy storage power station (grid-following type), equipped with a 110kV booster station and double-circuit overhead outgoing transmission lines. The project will ultimately connect to the 220kV Honghua substation for grid integration and will be subject to unified dispatch by the provincial power grid. According to the plan, the project is expected to be connected to the grid by the end of December this year.