When Tropical Storm Ana made landfall in Malawi in 2022, it hit the Southeast African country's electricity system hard, destroying a third of its hydropower capacity and causing nationwide shutdowns.
Even before the storm, Malawi's power supply - generated mostly from renewables including solar and hydro - had been unreliable for many years, suffering from persistent outages.
The Malawian government is now hoping to improve the stability of its grid power with the construction of a battery energy storage system (BESS) in its capital that will charge up with surplus electricity generated when the sun
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