Lotus Energy gets huge hybrid project in Ethiopia - report

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Lotus Energy Cooperative has won a contract to build in Ethiopia a complex combining solar, battery storage and waste-to-energy capacity, the Australian community-owned clean energy firm’s CEO Anthony Vippond told the Australian Financial Review (AFR).

The complex in the Tigray region, which will have at least 500 MW of solar parks according to the report, will power operations of Ethiopian conglomerate EFFORT Group under a 30-year deal. Construction could start as early as September.

The AFR cited Vippond as saying that this project would create the largest microgrid globally.

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