- Serengeti Energy has announced the commissioning of the Nkhotakhota 1 solar photovoltaic plant.
- It has which has a capacity of 21 MW and is connected to the Zambian electricity grid.
In Malawi, a new solar photovoltaic power facility has been commissioned. The facility, which is in the Central Region’s Nkhotakhota, recently began operating. Serengeti Energy, an independent power producer (IPP) based in Nairobi, Kenya, and the Phanes Group, a company based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, created the Nkhotakhota solar park (UAE).
The plant’s first phase has a 21 MW capacity. The second phase is expected to be commissioned “in the next weeks,” increasing this capacity to 38 MW. The mechanical completion of the Nkhotakhota 2 solar power plant has been attained, and testing and commissioning are currently in progress. The commercial operating date (COD) is also being prepared for, according to Serengeti Energy.
A 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Malawi’s state-owned Electricity Supply Commission state-owned Electricity Supply Commission of Malawi will allow the Nkhotakhota solar facility to generate 7 GWh of electricity annually to feed into Malawi’s national power grid (ESCOM).
Its creators rely on US Development Finance Corporation (DFC) funding from the US Development Finance Corporation (DFC). A $64 million guarantee covers the Nkhotakhota solar project Nkhotakhota solar project is covered by a $64 million guarantee from the Africa Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) under its Regional Liquidity Support Facility (RLSF). IPPs receive short-term liquidity support from this program.