Infinity Power inks trio of renewable energy deals

Africa’s largest pure-play renewable energy provider has signed three key agreements on the sidelines of the Africa Energy Forum in Cape Town, aimed at supporting the advancement of renewable energy projects across South Africa and Egypt.

The signings span multiple partnerships with global technology and engineering companies and form part of the company’s plan to reach 10GW operational capacity by 2032.

In 2024 and 2025, the company added new projects across Egypt, South Africa and Côte d’Ivoire, adding 2.56GW of solar capacity, 200MW of wind capacity, and 720MWh of battery solutions to its pipeline.

These include:

• 1.28GW of solar PV projects in South Africa under Bid Window 7;
• 1.2GW of solar PV and 720MWh BESS projects in Aswan and Minya in Egypt;
• The 200MW Ras Ghareb wind farm in Egypt; and
• Two solar PV sites totalling 80MW under Scaling Solar in Côte d’Ivoire.

Nayer Fouad, co-founder and CEO of Infinity Power, said that by partnering with leading global technology and engineering companies, “we are strengthening our ability to deliver large-scale renewable energy projects efficiently and at pace across key African markets”.

Ashish Ranjan, Chief Technical Officer at Infinity, said the company’s focus is not only on scaling capacity, but on deploying the right technologies and expertise to “support long-term, sustainable energy systems across the markets we serve”.

Solar contract 

The company signed a conditional engineering, procurement and construction contract award with Sterling and Wilson for the Highveld solar PV project, with a capacity of 285.6MWp, as part of the REIPPPP Bid Window 7 portfolio awarded to Infinity Power.

The project is expected to power approximately 167,000 homes and avoid approximately 660,000 tonnes of CO₂ emissions annually, while supporting local job creation during construction.

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Letters of Award

The company also signed a Letter of Award with PowerChina Guizhou Engineering Co for the EPC works of the Ngwedi cluster solar PV projects, with a capacity of 488MWp.

A ceremony was also held to formally acknowledge the signing of a Letter of Award (signed earlier in Q1 this year) between Infinity Power and AIKO Energy, in collaboration with project partner Hassan Allam Utilities Energy, covering the supply of photovoltaic (PV) modules for the Nefer Minya 1.2GWp solar project in Egypt.