Search results

Malagasy conglomerate Groupe Filatex has confirmed that the 30MW Mandroseza heavy fuel oil (HFO)-fired plant has resumed operations following rehabilitation work. Construction of solar PV capacity is also under way at the complex.

Graphite miner and processor Syrah Resources said on 11 October that it had commissioned the solar PV plant at its Balama mine in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. The solar plus storage unit is expected to displace some 30% of diesel usage at the pre-existing diesel-fired plant.

The state-owned Powerchina group’s Sinohydro Corporation has been awarded the contract to build the Muvumba multipurpose dam and associated hydroelectric power (HEP) plant in Rwanda's Nyagatare district.

As President William Samoei Ruto celebrated his first year in State House on 13 September, he has been able to bask in the global leadership opportunity offered by Kenya’s role in crafting an unprecedented African policy approach to the climate crisis ahead of COP28 in Dubai.

Sonelgaz-Energies Renouvelables (S-EnR), the renewables arm of state-owned utility Société Nationale de l'Electricité et du Gaz (Sonelgaz) has opened financial bids for its much-anticipated project to install 2GW of solar power.

A central element in Ghana’s debt restructuring is the money owed to domestic independent power producers (IPPs). Industry group the Independent Power Generators, Ghana (IPGG) has been working to hammer out the details of a deal to resolve the IPPs’ crisis over lack of payments by state entities and the haircut on their outstandings demanded by the government following an interim agreement in June.

United Arab Emirates-based developer Amea Power reached financial close on the 120MW Kairouan solar PV plant in late September, achieving something no other developer has yet  managed in Tunisia – which was once one of the region’s more promising markets for renewable power development.

Canada-headquartered WATT Renewable Corporation has secured $13m in funding from Oslo-based Empower New Energy. The funds will be used to solarise 225 telecoms towers across Nigeria, reducing diesel consumption in the sector

Solarcentury Africa (SCA) has been admitted to the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) as a market participant, one of the first private companies to be granted access to the regional trading network. Chief executive Jason de Carteret told African Energy it was an important milestone for the firm’s regional trading strategy.

South Africa-headquartered SolarAfrica Energy has commissioned a 1.1MWp, grid-tied rooftop solar PV commercial and industrial (C&I) installation at the Actom factory in Knights, Germiston.

Electricité de France (EDF) has signed a JV agreement with the Cameroonian government to develop the next project on the Sanaga River. The new HEP plant will generate 450-550MW, which would make it Cameroon’s most powerful generation unit.

The Lomé-headquartered West African Development Bank (Boad) has approved a CFA15bn ($24.2m) loan for the 30MWp Niakhar solar PV plant, which includes a battery energy storage system.

The International Monetary Fund has agreed to extend $1.3bn to Rabat under its resilience and sustainability facility, to support renewables and energy efficiency schemes, and to strengthen Morocco’s resilience against natural disasters. It comes just ahead of the IMF and World Bank Group annual meetings, which are going ahead as scheduled in Marrakech on 9-15 October.

The Central Electricity Board (CEB) has issued a request for tenders to design, supply, install and commission ten substations. The state utility also wants a feasibility study for a floating solar unit.

Dubai-headquartered Amea Power has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with state utility Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Ltd (UETCL) for a solar PV project.