Africa

China Bets on Egypt’s Solar and Battery Hub

Chinese-backed solar and battery plants in Egypt target MENA–Europe exports, riding port logistics and incentives to localize supply chains, train talent, and spark EV, storage, and green hydrogen growth.

Jan 20, 2026 // Manufacturing News, China, Asia, Africa, Egypt

EBRD Weighs Loan for Egypt Solar-Battery Park

EBRD eyes financing for a 200‑MW solar-plus-storage in Egypt, pairing grid-forming batteries to time-shift power, shave peaks and stabilize frequency—unlocking hard-currency offtake and bankable, evening-proof generation.

Jan 13, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, EBRD, Asia, solar-plus-storage, Africa, Egypt, grid services, project finance

Egypt’s Obelisk Brings Round-the-Clock Solar Online

Egypt’s Obelisk lights up: first-phase solar-plus-storage delivers dispatchable clean power, shaping evenings, stabilizing the grid and prices, creating jobs, and de-risking a modular path to 1 GW.

Jan 13, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Grids, Battery Storage, Asia, Africa, Egypt, hybrid solar, Grid reliability, commissioning

Scatec Clinches Egypt PPA for Record Solar-Storage

Scatec inks 25-year USD PPA for Africa’s biggest solar+storage in Egypt—1.95 GW solar, 3.9 GWh batteries—round-the-clock, grid-forming power with non-recourse financing and H2 close.

Jan 12, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Scatec, Asia, Africa, Egypt

Masdar Seals Angola PPA, Kicks Off 500-MW Push

Masdar seals PPA for 150‑MW Quipungo in Angola—its first there—kicking off 500‑MW Project Royal Sable as RNT‑EP boosts daytime power, 2,000 jobs and 300,000 homes.

Jan 12, 2026 // Plants, Masdar, Africa, Angola

Namibia Targets 70% Renewables in $1.76B Push

Namibia launches $1.76B Mission 300 to hit 70% renewables by 2030, add 454 MW, woo investors, cut imports, boost access, and build regional power links with Angola, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Dec 19, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, Namibia

Egypt Launches 4GW Suez Solar Manufacturing Hub

JA Solar spearheads Egypt’s Atum Solar hub: $210M, 2 GW cells and modules, 840 jobs—boosting North Africa’s PV supply chain with n‑type tech and non‑Chinese routes amid tighter EU rules.

Dec 16, 2025 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, JA Solar, Asia, Africa, Egypt, supply chain, Suez Canal Zone

Scatec Commissions 273-MW Grootfontein Solar in Western Cape

Scatec powers up 273‑MW Grootfontein in Western Cape, easing load‑shedding and proving big solar’s momentum—bolstering REIPPPP goals, priming solar‑plus‑storage growth, and signaling fresh utility‑scale investment.

Dec 8, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Scatec, Africa, South Africa

Norfund, EDF Back Scatec’s 1.1-GW Egypt Hybrid

Scatec enlists Norfund and EDF for Egypt’s Obelisk hybrid: 1.1‑GW solar with 100‑MW/200‑MWh storage, accelerating build, easing grid constraints, and signaling investor confidence in North African renewables.

Dec 8, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Scatec, EDF, Asia, Africa, Egypt, norfund

Africa’s Green Minerals Fuel Solar Growth While Value Leaves the Continent

Africa holds key minerals for solar and battery production but captures little economic value in global supply chains.

Dec 1, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Solar to Fuel, BATTERIES, Africa, solar supply chain, critical materials, green economy

South Africa Awards Sterling & Wilson 240-MW Solar

Sterling and Wilson lands a 240‑MW South Africa EPC, its second this fiscal, betting on early gear buys, modular substations, and grid-code compliance to mitigate volatility and accelerate energization.

Nov 28, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, EPC, Africa, South Africa, sterling and wilson, utility solar, grid code

CrossBoundary raises $200m debt to scale African renewable energy services

CrossBoundary Energy secured $200 million in senior debt to expand energy-as-a-service solar and storage across African mining, industrial and telecoms customers.

Nov 20, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, solar-plus-storage, Africa, project finance, energy-as-a-service, industrial power

World Bank supports Tunisia reforms to unlock 2.8-GW renewables buildout

Tunisia agreed World Bank backing for reforms aimed at enabling 2.8 GW of new wind and solar capacity by 2028.

Nov 12, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, world bank, Tunisia, Africa, grid upgrades, energy reforms, wind and solar,

Sasol and Air Liquide switch on 97.5-MW South African solar

Mainstream Renewable Power and partners inaugurated a 97.5-MW solar farm supplying Sasol and Air Liquide with contracted clean electricity in South Africa.

Nov 4, 2025 // Plants, Africa, South Africa, corporate ppa, mainstream renewable power, Air Liquide, Sasol

AMEA Power begins Egypt’s 1-GW solar project with grid battery

AMEA Power has started panel installation at a 1-GW solar project in Egypt’s Aswan, paired with a 600-MWh battery to deliver firm, dispatchable clean power.

Nov 3, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Grids, Asia, solar-plus-storage, Africa, Benban, Egypt, amea power, Grid reliability

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