Clean energy investment across Africa has to double the current US$90 billion target by 2030 and reach nearly US$25 billion per year, according to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the African Development Bank Group (AfDB).
French utility EDF Renewables has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with South African state-operated utility Eskom for a hybrid project to be built in South Africa.
Indian independent power producer (IPP) Ayana Renewable Power has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with metallurgical company Hindalco to supply 100MW of round-the-clock (RTC) renewables.
German energy company RWE has started operating two solar PV projects with a combined capacity of 31.5MWp and their battery energy storage systems (BESS) at the Garzweiler opencast mine in Germany.