Renewable Energy · Storage · C&I Energy Solutions
Mogadishu Water Supply energy transition
An energy-transition plan for Mogadishu's water utility, whose pumping runs on diesel and diesel-based grid electricity. kWh sized a hybrid solar and battery system for a continuous 300 kW pumping load and recommended a land-optimised configuration that covers about 86% of demand.
Project facts
- Client / partner
- Mogadishu Water Supply
- Location
- Mogadishu, Somalia
- Technology
- Solar PV + battery energy storage with grid and diesel backup
- Capacity
- ~920 kWp PV · 3.7–4.0 MWh BESS (recommended)
- Stage
- Delivered: concept and sizing study (2026)
- kWh's role
- Concept, feasibility and system sizing
Impact
- Modelled self-sufficiency
- ~86%
