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The United Kingdom’s Renewable Energy Performance Platform on 11 December announced that it had signed an agreement to invest £1m equity in renewable-powered battery rental company Mobile Power.
Siemens Gamesa announced on 4 January that it has signed an engineering, procurement and construction contract with Ethiopian Electric Power to build the 100MW Assela wind farm.
Lesotho’s Department of Energy is inviting expressions of interest from consultants to prepare 16 mini-grids for tendering and identify a further 14 mini-grid sites.
Construction will commence on the Nyabarongo II hydropower plant in Rwanda’s Rulindo District next month
A 10MWp solar PV plant to supply the Elikhulu tailings retreatment plant in South Africa is due to be commissioned Q3 2021, Pan African told African Energy
Construction of Winch Energy’s solar PV and battery storage mini-grid development on Uganda’s Bunjako Island will be completed by the end of September, Winch Energy country manager for Uganda Alex Wanume tells African Energy Live Data.
Construction of the Korhogo solar PV plant is expected to begin in Q2 2022, developer Madagascar-based Groupe Filatex chief operating officer George Conde told African Energy.
Covid-19-related restrictions have delayed commissioning of the 56MW Shema Power Lake Kivu methane-to-power plant (previously known as Kivu56), project director Tony de la Motte told African Energy.
Burundi’s first utility-scale power development to come online in over three decades started up in October. The 7.5MW Mubuga solar PV plant will boost the country’s on-grid generation capacity by just over 10%, according to African Energy Live Data.
The local Mainstream Energy Solutions has signed an agreement with PowerChina Huadong Engineering Corporation (PCHE) for rehabilitation and installation works that will add 300MW of capacity to the 760MW Kainji hydroelectric power (HEP) plant.
Zimbabwe’s plans to use its ample coal resources to produce power, while it slowly scales up its renewable capacity, have been dealt a major blow, with international funding now in doubt for a series of major projects.
Denmark’s Vestas has said the 241.5MW Gulf of Suez wind power plant is expected to reach commercial operations in Q4 22 or Q1 23. Fernando Iwan Glazer, head of marketing for Vestas’ African operations, told African Energy the project was proceeding on schedule.
Construction work on the Gee River mini-hydroelectric power project is expected to start by the end of 2022, according to project company Enco Engineering Consultants.
The planned merger of Nigeria’s Starsight Energy and South Africa’s SolarAfrica reflects the commercial and industrial (C&I) sector’s continued rise, driven by the persistence of unreliable and expensive grid power in many African markets. Solar photovoltaic (PV) generation is rapidly growing as a source for C&I, according to trends identified by African Energy Live Data.
The full 2.4MW phase I capacity of Diego solar PV plant is due to be in service in November, with the commissioning of an additional 700kW of capacity.
