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The 125MW Sendou coal-fired power project has started delivering commercial power to state utility Société Nationale d’Electricité du Sénégal’s (Senelec)’s grid, investment company Barak Fund Management (BFM) said in early December.

Lekela Power has signed a grant agreement with the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to fund a feasibility study for the potential 100MW extension of the now operational 158.7MW Taiba N’Diaye wind farm in Senegal, where 46 Vestas turbines have been installed (AE 450/11)

Eswatini Electricity Company is inviting proposals to supply gas for a planned large combined cycle power plant, despite issues surrounding feedstock imports. Submissions are due by 27 May.

Turkey’s Aksa Enerji has confirmed that it expects the 50MW Djéno gas-to-power (GTP) plant, which it is refurbishing, to achieve commercial operations in July or August. Aksa is carrying out the work under a May 2021 contract with the government; it will then operate the open cycle gas turbine (OCGT) plant under a 30-year concession.

Financial close on the 128MW Sambangalou cross-border hydroelectric power project is expected in early July, following delays.

Independent power producer Solgas Energy has begun work to expand the Hwange-based Cross Mabale solar PV plant by 10MW.

The construction phase of a 200MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project for mining and chemicals firm Tronox Holdings is set to begin after local independent power producer (IPP) Sola Group and African Rainbow Energy (Are) reached financial close on 9 September.  The facility has been described as the first utility-scale renewable energy (RE) captive power project in South Africa.

Dubai-based Amea Power has secured funding for the 26.6MW solar PV project from the International Finance Corporation and others.

Lekela Power has formally inaugurated the commercial operation of its 250MW West Bakr wind  farm in the Gulf of Suez, which operates turbines installed by Siemens Gamesa.

Global markets may be recovering, but the continent is behind the curve and analysis of the 6,700-plus generation projects contained in the African Energy Live Data platform shows the trend continues.

Following a series of delays, a new date has been set for the commissioning of the Nyagak III hydroelectric power project. The Uganda Electricity Generation Company said in December that the project was 80% complete.

Gabon Power Company (GPC) reported that a consortium of lenders met in Libreville as part of their appraisal of the 120MW Owendo gas-fired independent power project (IPP).

Not long after the strategically important Memvé’élé hydroelectric power (HEP) dam was said to have achieved its full 211MW operational capacity – having added 131MW to the existing 80MW unit – low water levels have meant the plant is providing much reduced supply to seven of Cameroon’s ten regions.

The government has secured support for development including a 140MW dual-fuel thermal power plant in Glo-Djigbé, the development zone some 45km from Cotonou. Completion is expected in 2024.

The first phase of commercial operations has begun at the Baoma solar PV project with an initial 5MW. The project will have a total operational capacity of 25MW when complete.