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Sierra Leone switches on solar-storage project

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Sungrow commissioned the country's first national-scale power generation project connected to Sierra Leone's grid in nearly a decade—a large-scale solar array with 35 MWh energy storage system. Sierra Leone has one of the lowest electricity access rates globally, with only five of 16 regional capitals receiving partial electricity supply, and the grid records daily power outages of up to 18 hours.

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