South Africa: AB InBev to commission 8.7MW of solar power

South African brewer AB InBev expects to commission seven solar PV projects on its brewing facilities in March with a combined capacity of 8.7MW. The plants have been developed by South Africa’s Sola Group, which signed power purchase agreements in 2018. Sola Group told African Energy the projects were being financed through its Orionis fund, which is backed by African Infrastructure Investment Managers and Nedbank New Energy Finance. The fund has secured about $26.1m for a total of 40MW of solar projects with corporate partners.