Madagascar: First solar-battery storage system installed

Madagascar has commissioned its first integrated solar photovoltaic (PV) and storage facility. The project, which will serve the village of Belobaka, in the Bongolava region, about 290km from Antananarivo, was inaugurated on 27 October by President Hery Rajaonarimampianina. The pilot project, which comprises 720 PV modules as well as batteries with a storage capacity of 315kWh, was installed by local energy group Henri Fraise Fils & Cie in partnership with the US-based battery storage manufacturer Fluidic Energy, which supplied the integrated energy storage system.