Follow pv magazine's off-grid editor on Twitter. Battery manufacturer Saft has been awarded a USD $10 million contract to supply its product to the Dukhan oilfield in Qatar. The deal, announced by press release, will reportedly see Saft deploy around 40,000 of its batteries across 775 wells in the oilfield. Addis Fortune reported that German company Fechtner has been tasked by the government of Ethiopia with delivering a study looking at potential off-grid investment in the country. The first draft of the study has already been delivered to the Ministry of Water, Irrigation, and Energy, and is aimed at implemented a strategy to allow the private sector to become involved in the production and sale of electricity. The International Energy Agency's Photovoltaic Power Systems Program ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...