Hybrid power solutions, which combine renewable energy with fossil fuel and battery storage, are estimated to grow from a few installations to several thousand Megawatts in sub-Saharan Africa, between now and 2025. Renewable energy is now cheaper than gas and nuclear, and in several locations cheaper than coal. Battery costs are also dropping rapidly as storage technology evolves. With the addition of renewables and battery storage to diesel or heavy fuel oil power, hybrid solutions are able to offer secure 24/7 supply, price security and a reduced carbon footprint. Amiram Roth-Deblon, head of global business initiatives for juwi Renewable Energies, notes that at a global level, utility scale solar electricity prices seen in 2017 went as low as $0.02 per kWh.
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