ACWA Power, a large private water desalination company, has officially signed the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for the US$800mn ACWA Power Project DAO, a 150MW dispatchable renewable hybrid plant in the Northern Province, South Africa
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216MW South African solar plant under construction
TotalEnergies and partners have begun the construction of a 216MW solar plant and accompanying 500MWh battery storage system in the Northern Cape province, South Africa
Mozambique moves one step closer to 1,500MW hydropower project
A consortium comprising of EDF, TotalEnergies and Sumitomo Corporation, has been named strategic partner by the Government of Mozambique for the development of the Mphanda Nkuwa hydropower project (MNK)
New partnership to establish pioneering electrification platform for Africa
At COP28 in Dubai, Bboxx, a data-driven super platform, signed a partnership with EnerTech, a Kuwait-based innovator, investor and developer of sustainability solutions, to establish a first-of-its-kind electrification platform
Batanga LPG plant opens in Gabon
Perenco Oil & Gas Gabon (POGG) has opened the Batanga Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plant in Gabon, as part of a US$50mn investment