To increase access to renewable energy and expand power delivered to the grid in Mozambique, IFC and Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM), have signed a collaboration agreement to develop small-scale solar Photovoltaic (PV) Plants and battery storage facilities
Renewables
IEA: urgent need to invest in cheaper and cleaner energy in Africa
The International Energy Agency (IEA), in its newly released Africa Energy Outlook 2022, has stated that crippling spikes in energy prices underscore the urgency and the benefits for African countries of accelerating the scale up of cheaper and cleaner sources of energy
Malawi’s president inaugurates Golomoti Solar
Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of the Republic of Malawi, has presided over an official inauguration ceremony to mark the addition of 20MWac of additional clean energy to Malawi’s national grid
BTE Renewables acquires South African solar assets
Sonnedix, a global solar independent power producer (IPP), has completed the ownership transfer of its South African operation to the Pan-African wind and solar IPP BTE Renewables
AIIM invests in harmony-commissioned 30MW solar PV portfolio
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), one of Africa’s largest private equity fund managers and a member of Old Mutual Alternative Investments (OMAI), has acquired – through its IDEAS Managed Fund (IDEAS) – majority stakes in three new solar power plants in South Africa