Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)

Deploying Battery Energy Storage Systems to strengthen grids and enable them to rapidly adopt high levels of least-cost, variable renewable energy
Deploying Battery Energy Storage Systems

The future renewable energy mix will primarily derive from variable sources like solar and wind—except the sun doesn’t always shine and the wind doesn’t always blow.

Through the BESS Consortium, GEAPP aims to enable 500MW by 2025 through a mix of direct GEAPP high-risk capital and other concessional and commercial funding. By doing this we can reframe battery storage as a pathway to a reliable, renewable energy future and seed this $100 billion market.

BESS Projects

India

Ongoing
Malawi

Ongoing
Vietnam

Ongoing
BESS auction for 60MW

Ongoing
Early scoping and document review underway with World Bank and Belize Government teams to support the World Bank’s 40MW BESS project (4 sites). Leveraging financing from the Canada Clean Energy and Forest Climate Facility (CCEFCF) Trust Fund ($8.2M) and World Bank Funding ($50M).

Ongoing

Ongoing
Indonesia

Ongoing

Ongoing
South Africa

Ongoing

Ongoing

Ongoing

Ongoing

Ongoing

Ongoing

Ongoing

Ongoing

Ongoing
Global installed energy storage capacity by scenario, 2023 and 2030

Source: IEA

What is needed to accelerate and scale?

The BESS Consortium is a platform which aims to catalyze system change through market shaping and momentum building. Benefits to joining the Consortium as a Resource, Technical or Industry Partner are: 

  • Policy and enabling environment support  
  • Access to data and best practice sharing 
  • Pooled financing to access best in class technical assistance and fast-track financial assistance 
  • Access to battery supplier, technology and market insights 
  • Enhanced engagement, collaboration, and partnerships among other members 
  • Contribution to the global narrative of BESS efforts
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Growth of energy storage

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Meet Our Experts

  • Umang Maheshwari
    Managing Director, BESS
    Asia

  • Tshegofatso is a Manager for Utility Innovation at GEAPP, bringing over 13 years of experience in the Southern African electricity supply industry. Previously, he worked with Deloitte Consulting on USAID’s Power Africa initiative and held roles at Eskom and Accenture South Africa. He holds an Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Pretoria

    Tshegofatso Neeuwfan
    Manager, Utility Innovation
    Africa
  • Sunita Dubey
    Country Delivery Lead
    Vietnam