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The 35MWp Kahone and 25MWp Kael solar PV plants procured through the World Bank Group’s Scaling Solar programme in Senegal will be commissioned this month

Large renewable procurement in South Africa and ambitious hydrogen production plans in Egypt are expected to bring huge amounts of privately-owned, utility-scale solar capacity on line in the next three years. Meanwhile commercial and industrial solar remains a high growth potential market, according to analysis of  new data from the African Energy Live Data platform.

A feasibility study has confirmed the technical viability of Ncondezi Energy’s planned 300MW solar PV plus battery storage project in Mozambique’s Tete province. A preferred site has been selected but not yet announced. Ncondezi said it is close to cross-border interconnectors.

Live Data suggests a vibrant continental electricity supply industry is developing, but project-by-project analysis points to a more complex situation in which power plant construction is sluggish and hundreds of millions of Africans remain without sustainable energy

Grid synchronisation and an air-cooled condenser (ACC) pneumatic test have been carried out at the Azito phase four power plant expansion project.

Work has begun at the solar PV plant being developed by CrossBoundary Energy (CBE) at RioTinto’s QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) ilmenite mineral sands project. The project is being developed on the basis of a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA).

The latest figures from African Energy Live Data suggest that Q1 2020 saw the lowest generation capacity additions in Africa for at least 20 years, with no new on-grid generation from February after coronavirus halted construction and commissioning

The Anglican Diocese of Central Zimbabwe has installed a 157kWp solar PV plant and 300kWh battery storage system at St Patrick’s High School in Gweru, Midlands province. The plant is the first phase of a proposed 5MW solar PV project that will meet the school’s electricity needs, with excess electricity sold to the national grid via a net metering scheme.

The Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trader (NBET) has denied local media reports in Nigeria that it had signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Mabon Power for 40MW from the Dadin Kowa hydropower plant.

Energy and mineral development minister Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu has said South Africa’s Eskom Uganda will no longer operate and maintain the 200MW Kiira and 180MW Nalubaale hydroelectric power (HEP) plants, when their 20-year concessions are concluded next year.

President Lazarus Chakwera has called for a timely completion of the environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) for the 350MW Mpatamanga hydroelectric power project. The project’s implementation has been delayed for lack of a bankable ESIA.

Namibian Stock Exchange-listed Alpha Namibia Industries Renewable Power (Anirep) has secured a contract to build and operate an 18.5MW solar plant at Kokerboom in Keetmanshoop, with Canadian mining company Dundee Precious Metals Tsumeb as the off-taker.

Biovea Energies has begun construction of the 46MW Ayébo biomass power plant, a 2x23MW project fuelled by palm oil residues mostly collected from farmers in the Aboisso area.

Although considered anachronistic by energy transition advocates, on-grid liquid fuel-fired power plants are predicted to still comprise 22GW of the continent’s installed capacity by 2027, according to the latest analysis from African Energy Live Data. This reflects the enduring appeal of flexible, low-capital-cost generation, particularly in markets where renewable or gas capacity has not yet been developed at scale – and it doesn’t include the gigawatts of electricity from the smaller diesel generators that still play such a major role in economies like Nigeria and Democratic Republic of Congo.