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Starsight Energy, Nigeria’s largest solar commercial and industrial (C&I) developer, has commissioned an 876kWp solar PV system for the Nile University of Nigeria campus in Abuja.

Bamburi Cement, a subsidiary of Switzerland’s Holcim, has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Momnai Energy for the development of two solar PV plants.

South African developer SolarSaver has commissioned 2.2MWp of solar PV capacity for NovaNam’s hake processing facilities at Lüderitz and Walvis Bay. The 13,000 m2 of panels installed across both plants include a 3,132 m2 array on wooden mounting structures in Lüderitz.

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.

Unilever Tea Kenya has said it will apply for a power generation licence this month, in a move that will reduce its reliance on utility Kenya Power (KPLC). The firm said it “intends to apply for a licence for the generation, transmission and distribution of electrical energy for use within its estates in the West Kenya area that encompass Kericho and Bomet counties”.

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has awarded a grant to Daybreak Power Solutions, a subsidiary of Nigeria’s Daystar Power Group, for a feasibility study into new solar PV and storage mini-grids for business offtakers.

South Africa’s Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) has approved the development of 30MWac of solar PV capacity at two of its sites in Matabeleland. A 10MWac plant will be situated at Coleen Bawn near Gwanda and a 20MWac plant will be built near the Bulawayo quarry.

Indian Ocean Tuna (IOT), a subsidiary of Thai Union Group, is to install a solar PV plant at its Mahe factory. The plant is being developed by Gridworks subsidiary SPS, formerly known as Mettle Solar.

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).

Platinum miner Zimplats has received a licence from the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) to build 185MW of solar PV capacity at two mines. Construction work is now expected to start later this year, once the company’s board has approved a bankable feasibility study for the project.

Zimbabwean agro-industrial company Nhimbe Fresh has announced the completion of work on its 1.9MW solar PV project to supply its estates in Marondera.

Contracts to build solar plants in South Africa and Nigeria show how large data projects are being helped by increasingly supple regulation and favourable economics, writes Marc Howard

Two BUA Group subsidiaries have signed agreements for large commercial and industrial (C&I) plants: a 70MW dual fuel plant at BUA Cement’s Obu Line 3 project in the southern Edo state, and a 35MW bagasse plant at BUA Industries’ Lafiagi bagasse project in the western Kwara state.

Lansarine, Tebourba-based cheese-maker Centrale des Produits Laitiers – CPL Souani inaugurated an 85kWp roof-mounted PV plant on 9 December, saying it will cover up to 60% of its electricity needs during daylight hours.

CrossBoundary Energy (CBE) is to build an independent power plant (IPP) to supply NextSource Materials’ Molo graphite mine. The solar/thermal IPP has a 20-year contract to supply the mine.