Utility Scale Battery Energy Storage System
                        
                     
                 
                
                    
                        
                            
                                The project entails the design, procurement, installation and commissioning of a BESS facility to be used primarily for frequency control, ancillary services and other grid support applications. 
The project will also include integration of the BESS into ESCOM’s system operations.
                                
                                
                                The goal of this project is to enable integration of variable renewable energy sources into Malawi’s national grid and therefore improve electricity access to about six hundred thousand (600,000) households and industries connected to the national grid.
                            
                            
                            
                         
                     
                 
             
         
        
            
                                                            
                            
                            Lack of supporting feasibility study
                        
                                                                                                                    
                            
                            Lack of environmental impact assessment
                        
                                                                                
                            
                            Lack of social Impact assessment
                        
                                                                                
                            
                            Lack of cost benefit analysis
                        
                                                                                                                    
                            
                            Public consultation meetings not held
                        
                                                                                                                                                        
                            
                            Limited competition
                        
                                                                                                                                                        
                            
                            Project delays
                        
                                                                                                                                                        
                            
                            Lack of maintenance plans