Country: Djibouti

AMEA Power, a Dubai-based developer, owner and operator of green energy projects, has developed a strong appetite for Africa over recent years. The company already built West Africa’s biggest solar plant, a 50 MW PV facility in Blitta, Togo. Its commissioned and under-construction solar projects total some 130 MW, spread between Morocco, Burkina Faso, Togo, and Uganda. The company has now embarked on a significant scaling up of its renewable energy capacity on the continent via new solar, wind, and hydrogen projects. Its has a pipeline of over 1 GW of solar PV projects in various stages of development in Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Mali, Chad, Gabon, Angola, and Djibouti. In November 2022, it also signed an MoU for a new 50 MW facility in Malawi, and announced in January 2023 the signing of a concession agreement and 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for a new 50 MW solar PV project in Côte d’Ivoire. Its African portfolio is also on the verge of diversification, with wind projects of some 950 MW in total being developed in Morocco, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Kenya. Last but not least, AMEA Power intends to leverage on Africa’s significant renewable energy potential to produce green hydrogen. It has currently selected Morocco, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Angola for up to 3.5 GW of green hydrogen projects that could be approved over the coming years.  

Earlier today, AMEA Power announced the signing of an Implementation Agreement (IA) and Joint Development Agreement (JDA) for a new 30 MW solar PV plant in Djibouti. The official ceremony was held in Djibouti in the presence of His Excellency President Ismail Omar Guelleh. The project will be Djibouti’s first solar independent power producer (IPP) and demonstrates the country’s commitment to ramping up renewable energy capacity. In Ghoubet, near Lake Assal, Siemens Gamesa is currently completing the construction of a 60 MW wind farm on behalf of Red Sea Power, the country’s first wind IPP. The project is majority owned by the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC).