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The 14MWp Arsenal solar PV plant has been commissioned, according to French developer GreenYellow, which signed a deal with the Central Electricity Board (CEB) to develop the plant in March 2022.

The Central Electricity Board (CEB) has issued a request for tenders to design, supply, install and commission ten substations. The state utility also wants a feasibility study for a floating solar unit.

Mauritius’ turn to renewable energy has displaced large amounts of liquid- and coal-fired capacity, with efforts by the Central Electricity Board (CEB) to encourage renewable energy IPP developers yielding good results.

The island states off the coast of East Africa are pushing ahead forcefully with renewable energy schemes to reduce their hydrocarbons use. The moves will save money for the authorities in Comoros, Mauritius and the Seychelles by cutting expensive imports of refined products and will also help to address the effects of climate change to which they are particularly vulnerable, writes Marc Howard.

State-owned property company Landscope Mauritius is seeking a developer for the design, supply, installation, testing, commissioning and operation of a solar power plant.

French independent power producer Qair Group has inked four power purchase agreements (PPAs) with the Central Electricity Board (CEB) to develop four so-called Stor’Sun solar PV and battery storage plants.

Island nations Seychelles, Mauritius and Comoros are assessing initiatives to encourage more private investment in renewable energy, according to a World Bank Group (WBG) report published on 20 September.

Mauritius’ Central Electricity Board (CEB) has extended the deadline for submissions to its Small-Scale Renewable Energy Hybrid Facilities tender from 15 June to 29 June.

France’s GreenYellow Océan Indien, part of the Casino Group, has signed an agreement with Mauritius’ Central Electricity Board (CEB) to build a 13.86MW plant at Arsenal, in the north of the island. The project, which is expected to generate more than 22GWh, is the second solar PV plant to be developed by GreenYellow for CEB. The company brought online the 16.3MW Solitude solar PV plant as minority shareholder alongside Mauritius construction company Joonas & Co. in February 2019.

The parastatal Central Electricity Board (CEB) issued two tenders on 18 March, requesting bidders for 100MW of solar PV and storage capacity, and 40MW of small-scale renewable energy (RE) hybrid projects. The tenders follow further twists in the ‘Saint Louisgate’ scandal.

The parastatal Central Electricity Board (CEB) issued two tenders on 18 March, requesting bidders for a total 140MW of solar PV and storage and 40MW of small renewable energy (RE) hybrid projects. The tenders come less than a month after CEB renewable energy and strategic projects manager Chavan Dabeedin was arrested on a charge of bribery of a public official in relation to the ‘Saint Louisgate’ scandal.

The government was dealt a blow on 15 June when the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ruled in favour of Betamax, after the Mauritian-Singaporean petroleum products supply joint venture had appealed to the arbiter in London against a Supreme Court of Mauritius (SCM) decision against it.

The island’s ‘Saint Louis Gate’ power procurement scandal and other corruption enquiries, plus the government’s loss of a petroleum supply arbitration appeal, highlight the potential pitfalls of doing business in Africa’s most highly rated economy, writes Marc Howard.

Alarm over the government’s emergency process for sourcing medical equipment last year in response to the Covid-19 pandemic showed that concerns over Mauritian procurement practices were not limited to major power schemes.

The Central Electricity Board (CEB) has launched a tender for the design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of 14MW of battery storage. The systems are to be located at four substations: 4MW at Jin Fei, 2MW at La Tour Koenig, 4MW at Anahita and 4MW at Wooton. All four systems are to be running within a year of the contract being awarded. The batteries will be able to provide power at their rated capacity for at least 15 minutes to help stabilise the grid.