Africa

Teraco has selected JA to deliver n-type solar PV modules to its 120MW Sediba solar PV project in Parys, Free State province, South Africa.

South Africa registered 139 new solar PV facilities, with a combined capacity of 2,045MW, in the third quarter of this year.

German renewables developer Pure New Energy (PNE) has sold a 250MW solar PV project in South Africa to an undisclosed independent power producer.

Pan-African independent power producer (IPP) Axian Energy has secured €30 million (US$33.7 million) in funding for a solar PV portfolio in Benin.

Solarcentury Africa has announced a collaboration with First Quantum Minerals (FQM) to develop the 112MWp Kusoka Solar Plant in Zambia.

Scatec, the EIB, the EBRD and the AfDB have signed a US$217 million investment agreement for the Dandara solar-plus-storage project in Egypt.

Scatec and the EBRD have signed a share purchase agreement establishing a renewable energy investment platform for Egypt.

The EBRD has announced a US$265 million loan for a new 1.2GW solar PV plant, to be co-located with a 600MWh BESS, in Minya, Egypt.

Pan-African renewables developer Axian Energy has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with energy aggregator and trader Africa GreenCo in Zambia.

GameChange commissioned trackers at a 283MWp South Africa project, while Gonvarri secured a 389MWp Chile contract.