Energy

PPA signed for South Africa’s largest hybrid dispatchable renewable energy project

The signing ceremony for Project DAO's Power Purchase Agreement.

Gwede Mantashe, South Africa’s Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, signed the implementation agreement and Segomoco Scheppers, Eskom’s group executive for transmission. (Image source: ACWA Power)

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

216MW South African solar plant under construction

Two workers inspecting large solar panels.

The project will help alleviate South Africa’s energy supply constraints. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

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

Water cascading down from a hydropower plant.

The plant is expected to increase the country’s available electricity production capacity by more than 50%. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

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

Mansoor Hamayun, CEO of Bboxx, and Ammar Shahib, head of investments and projects at EnerTech, speaking on a panel at COP28. (Image source: Bboxx)

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