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Norway’s Scatec signs PPAs for

$1bn project in South Africa

SOUTH AFRICA A Norwegian renewable energy solutions pro- facilities.
vider, Scatec, has signed three power purchase “Today’s signing acknowledges this landmark
agreements (PPAs) for its three solar projects at achievement by the government, as well as the
Kenhardt in South Africa, it said in a release. private sector in achieving this milestone in the
Scatec plans to build three projects in the RMIPPPP process. With these agreements being
Northern Cape Province to produce 540 MW signed, we are working towards financial close
of solar energy and install 1.1 GWh of battery under the timelines and conditions as stipulated
storage. The signing of the agreements with the by the authorities,” says Scatec chief executive
South African government under its Risk Mit- Terje Pilskog.
igation Independent Power Producer Procure-
ment Programme (RMIPPPP) on June 2 paves Scatec, headquartered in Oslo, has hydro,
the way for financial close to be achieved within solar and wind assets with a total installed
60 days. Thereafter, construction of the $1bn capacity of 3,355 MW in about 15 countries
project will begin, Scatec said in its statement. worldwide.
A first of a kind in Africa, the project will pro- It will own 51% of the Kenhardt project with
vide 150 MW of dispatchable renewable energy H1 Holdings, their South African partner own-
from 5:00 in the morning to 21:30 in the evening ing 49%. Scatec will be the engineering, pro-
based on a hybrid installation of 540 MW of solar curement and construction (EPC) provider and
PV capacity and 1.1 GWh of battery storage. The provide operation and maintenance as well as
Scatec projects were the sole renewables-only asset management services to the power plants.
projects awarded in the technology-agnostic “This unique solar and storage project sig-
RMIPPPP. nifies change within Africa’s renewable energy
This, the company said, demonstrates the landscape and will be one of the largest renew-
attractiveness, commercial viability and uni- able energy and storage projects in the world,”
versal application of hybrid renewable energy said Pilskog.™
Libya prepares new plan to

develop renewables

LIBYA THE Libyan government is currently preparing Earlier in January this year, the Irish power
a plan to develop its renewable energy sector firm AG Energy said it obtained the approvals
as the potential of solar and wind power in the from the Libyan authorities for the construction
North African country grows, said Mohamed of a 200-MWp solar photovoltaic power plant in
Aoun, Oil Minister in the Interim Government Ghadames.
of National Unity. The Libyan government launched the
Last month, the French group TotalEnergies Renewable Energy Strategic 2013-2025 Plan
signed an initial agreement with power producer in 2013, which aims to achieve a 7% renewable
General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) energy contribution to the electric energy mix
to construct a 500-MW solar park project in Lib- by 2020 and 10% by 2025. This will come from
ya’s northern region of As-Saddadah. The park wind, concentrated solar power, solar PV and
will generate up to 152 TWh per year by employ- solar heat, according to the International Energy
ing the latest solar energy technological applica- Agency (IEA).
tions using up to 1.2mn solar panels. Unlike its neighbours, Libya has lagged far
Aoun said similar projects will follow in the behind in renewable energy development, due
coming period to strengthen the public power to the continued chaos and political instability
supply. that followed the popular uprising in 2011.™

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