Zambia energy storage vehicle adjustment

Can battery storage be used with solar photovoltaics in Zambia?

The Zambian regulation foresees customs duty and VAT exemptions for most equipment used in renewable energy or battery storage projects. Detailed information is provided in In this section, we discuss the opportunity of battery storage in combination with solar photovoltaics from a financial point of view.

Does financialization restructure Zambia's political economy of energy?

Zambia’s energy sector is subject to dynamic developments. Our analysis of the GETFiT initiative and the BGFZ demonstrates how financialization restructures the country’s political economy of energy. The cases yield four important insights into the financialization of development endeavours, thus expanding the debate with new empirical evidence.

Why should German and European service providers invest in Zambia?

For German and European service providers active in the energy sector, Zambia presents significant potential for business development. There are clear needs across the solar energy and storage value chain, including pro-ject development and financing, equipment manufacturing, system inte-gration and contracting.

What is Zambia's energy transition?

Zambia’s energy transition is a striking example of said strategies, all the more as the nation’s fragile economic status has hardly attracted foreign investment in renewable energy in comparison, for example, to South Africa (Müller and Claar 2021 ).

Will Zambia increase its solar power capacity by 2030?

The Zambian government has set a target to increase its installed solar and wind capacity to 600 MW by 2030. However, the current installed capacity for solar photovoltaics is only 90 MWp, indicating significant underutilisation of Zambia's potential in the renewable energy sector.

How much does storage cost in Zambia?

Zambia, between USD 500/kWh and USD 1,000/ kWh. With 3,650 kWh stored during the lifetime of the system, we can compute a cost of storage of USD 0.14/kWh and USD 0.27/kWh.