Accelerates

Cape Verde accelerates grid-side energy storage

Cape Verde in Africa has massively boosted its wind power and battery storage, pushing renewables close to one-third of the country's electricity supply. These profound changes were initiated in December 2025, giving Cape Verde residents. . Cape Verde has inaugurated a major expansion of its flagship Cabeolica Wind Farm, adding new wind capacity and one of Africa's most advanced battery energy storage systems (BESS), in a project backed by the A frica Finance Corporation (AFC). Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva presided over the. . Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and public-private-partnership (PPP) Cabeolica have inaugurated 13. The African nations of Angola and Cabo Verde started operating large-scale. . The project consists in the design and construction of a set of inter-related electricity generation, network and storage components during the 2023-2029 period under Cape Verde's National Electricity Masterplan (2018-2040). As part of the EU's Global Gateway strategy, EIB Global is supporting this. .