Renewable energy is starting to find its place in the African sun
But some of China’s investments on the continent risk leaving nations with expensive and incompatible coal power stations
May was a big month for solar power announcements in Africa. Algeria endorsed a huge 4GW, five-year solar plan that will install 10 times the nation’s solar power capacity for an investment of $3.2bn-$3.6bn.
Further south, there were significant developments either side of the Zambezi. Zimbabwe announced an invitation to bid for 500MW of solar capacity across several locations, which is important considering Zimbabwe’s effective total power capacity is under 1,000MW. A few days later Zambian state-owned electricity company Zesco announced that it had signed contracts totalling $548m with PowerChina for the development of 600MW of solar power plants...
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