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The Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) has issued an invitation for bids for the design, supply and installation of hydro-electro-mechanical equipment, 33kV evacuation line, substations and associated civil works for the 9.4MW Gbedin Falls hydroelectric plant

The Kumasi waste-to-power plant will pioneer changes in off-grid energy development and waste management in Ghana. Installed with pyrolysis technology, the hybrid plant is supported by the German government.

Investors in Africa’s power sector have been forced to fight aggressively for the most promising projects, as they have become frustrated with a lack of on-grid opportunities. Trends that emerge from African Energy’s industry soundings and analysis of project flow in the African Energy Live Data (Live Data) platform include investors taking advantage of technological and business innovation – as well as the availability of climate-linked finance – to move into commercial and industrial (C&I) solar.

China’s Sepco III Electric Power Construction Corporation  and Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation have signed the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the 50MW first phase of Ethiopia’ Tulu Moye geothermal project. The signing – which follows a tender launched in November 2020 – is a significant milestone  as the project pushes to agree a financing package with lenders.

Kibo Energy has extended the deadline for its takeover of the 100MW Chidome Solar PV project (also known as Victoria Falls Solar Park) in Zimbabwe for a second time.

Amea Power has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) and concession agreement for a 100MW solar PV project in Kairouan.

Construction starts have been announced by Oslo-based developer Scatec after the three Kenhardt projects in the Northern Cape reached financial close. “The project will be the largest investment in Scatec’s history,” the company said – and South Africa’s (and one of the world’s) largest solar and battery facilities.

The 30MW Nagréongo solar PV plant has been commissioned. The Dutch-financed plant is in Oubritenga province, to the north-east of the capital Ouagadougou.

One of South Africa’s largest wind power facilities, the Roggeveld Wind farm has been officially launched in the Western Cape by deputy minister of mineral resources and energy Nobuhle Nkabane.

The government is expected pay debts owed by Liberia Electricity Corporation to Côte d’Ivoire, clearing the way for Liberia to start receiving power through the Côte d’Ivoire-Liberia-Sierra Leone-Guinea (CLSG) transmission line. The move comes as Monrovia seeks a new approach to LEC’s management and funds to repair the Mount Coffee hydroelectric plant.

KenGen has opted to raise the Masinga hydroelectric power dam’s spillway, rather than a bigger planned project to increase the size of the entire dam wall, following French-financed studies

Sasol has signed a series of power purchase agreements – two of them in partnership with France’s Air Liquide – which will in total deliver 289MW of wind power for its Secunda and Sasolburg sites, as part of plans by the energy and chemicals company to ramp up its use of renewable energy.

Analysis by African Energy Live Data shows Morocco’s very active project pipeline could more than double installed capacity from around  8.3GW to just over 17GW by 2025.

Construction has begun on Endeavour Mining’s $448m Lafigué gold project in Côte d'Ivoire’s Hambol region. The London-and-Toronto listed miner owns 80% of the project, with the remaining 20% split equally between the state and the parastatal Société pour le Développement Minier de la Côte d'Ivoire (Sodemi).

Major installed capacity gains are expected as mega-projects come to fruition, with hydroelectric power (HEP) driving growth in several regions.