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The 40MWac Nkhotakota solar PV plant in Malawi is on track to reach financial close later this year or early next year, in time to start operating in Q4 2022.

Dutch development bank FMO has closed a $2.1m follow-on investment in off-grid solar company D.light.

Investment fund manager Amethis has sold its 22% minority stake in Burkina Faso’s leading liquid petroleum gas (LPG) bottle distributor, Sodigaz APC, to African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM). Sodigaz claims a market share exceeding 60% and distribution network of 2,200 gas resellers. 

A rarity until a few years ago, battery and renewable power plants have more recently outcompeted fossil fuel projects without subsidy in several African markets. The AIX: Financing Battery Storage meeting heard about the extent Bess projects are making headway, despite financiers’ reservations.

The International Organisation for Migration’s Juba office in Northern Bari has invited bidders to submit a tender for the design, supply and installation of a 0.4MWp roof-mounted solar PV system.

The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has awarded grants for 11 solar PV mini-grids. Technical and financial support is being provided by the European Union and German government through the Nigerian Energy Support Programme.

Textile exporter United Aryan said it had connected its 1.8MW rooftop solar PV project in Nairobi.

A 22 March agreement between the government and a joint venture called Koko Rwanda – majority owned by Koko Networks alongside consulting company and co-developer Dalberg – will see Rwanda waive VAT and import duties on equipment and ethanol while Koko Rwanda invests $25m developing a nationwide bioethanol cooking fuel network.

Media reports that off-grid solar company Bboxx has acquired PEG Africa are inaccurate, African Energy understands, but discussions over a possible continue

Sun King – the rebranded Greenlight Planet – has raised $260m in a funding round. The series D round attracted major private institutional investors. The fundraising was seen by some observers as a vote of confidence in the solar home system industry, which has suffered negative press in recent months over alleged sharp business practices and continues to face questions about the sustainability of business models.

A new off-grid power plant at Resolute Mining’s Syama gold mine in the Sikasso region of Mali is now operational, with 20MW of heavy fuel oil (HFO) capacity and a 10MW/5MWh battery energy storage system (Bess) online, the Australian mining company told African Energy.

Progress has been made towards the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 7 of providing universal energy access by 2030, with €108bn in funding in 2014-19, but international partners will need to do much more if the target is to be reached, according to a new Africa-EU Energy Partnership report by African Energy’s parent company CbI, writes David Slater

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.

Development of the 10MW Achada Mostarda wind power plant on Santiago Island has been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

China’s Sinosoar signed an agreement on 12 March with the state Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU) to design, build and operate a solar-diesel mini-grid in Bokolomayo Village in the south of Somali Regional State.