Old Mutual Now Majority Owner of the Rosh Pinah Solar Power Plant in Namibia

  • Old Mutual Investment Group of Namibia has acquired a majority stake in Aloe Investments Number Twenty-Seven
  • Spanish company AEE Power Ventures previously held the shares.
  • AEE Power Ventures initially set up the company to operate the Rosh Pinah solar power plant in the province of ǁKaras.

Old Mutual Investment Group of Namibia has acquired a majority stake in Aloe Investments Number Twenty-Seven, the 5 MWp Rosh Pinah solar power plant owner. The shares were previously held by Spanish company AEE Power Ventures. Aloe Investments Number Twenty-Seven is now majority-owned by Old Mutual Investment Group Namibia subsidiary of the London-based insurance company Old Mutual.

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AEE Power Ventures initially set up the company to operate the Rosh Pinah solar power plant in the province of ǁKaras. The plan has a capacity of 5 MWp and was commissioned in 2017. The project was developed as part of the Refit programme (renewable energy feed-in tariff), implemented by the Namibian government to add 70 MW of renewable energy into the NamPower grid. The energy produced is sold to NamPower under a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA).

Namibian companies own the remaining 30% of Aloe Investments Number Twenty-Seven. Old Mutual’s investment transaction is a joint one as the technical partner Sturdee Energy acquiring a minority stake in the plant. Sturdee Energy has a clean energy portfolio of 587 MW in South Africa, Botswana and Cameroon.

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