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The Niassa Energia Solar project will supply electricity to the national grid for a period of 25 years 

The Ministry of Energy granted a concession to Niassa to sell electricity via Ministerial Diploma which was published in the country’s Official Gazette 

The signature of the power purchase agreement represents a successful new milestone for Alten and its operations in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Madrid – Spain | Maputo – Mozambique, 16 November, 2020. Niassa Energia Solar (“Niassa”), a subsidiary of Alten Africa, has signed a power purchase agreement with Electricidade de Mozambique (“EDM”), the national utility of Mozambique. In terms of the agreement signed on 30 September 2020, the Niassa Energia Solar project will supply electricity to the national grid for a period of 25 years. The agreement was signed during an official event attended by His Excellency Filipe Nyusi, the President of Mozambique, as well as several national and international institutions.

The Ministry of Energy granted a concession to Niassa to sell electricity via Ministerial Diploma (number 55/2020), which was published in the country’s Official Gazette on the 29 September. In the coming weeks, the concession agreement will be signed, which will establish government support for the project.

The signature of the power purchase agreement represents a successful new milestone for Alten and its operations in Sub-Saharan Africa. It comes after several years of work together with Mozambican and Spanish partners and serves to further consolidate Alten’s leadership as a developer and investor in the renewable energy sector in emerging markets.

The Niassa Solar project will see the development of a 40MWp PV plant. The construction works for the plant are expected to begin in 2021, and it will connect to the grid via the Cuamba substation, which [...]

The medical supplies, comprising surgical masks and hydroalcoholic gel, were donated by the company to the government of Namibia at an event hosted by the Prime Minister, the Hon. Saara Kuugongelwa.
The donation is in line with ALTEN Energías Renovables’ corporate Social Investment policy to assist the population of the regions where the company operates.
ALTEN Africa owns and operates the 45MWp Hardap photovoltaic solar plant, the biggest in Namibia.
The plant, which occupies a land area of 100 hectares, has an estimated annual production of 116 GWh. This is enough energy to supply a population of 87,000 people (over 3% of Namibia’s total population).

Windhoek, 1st June 2020.- The international company ALTEN Africa, an independent solar power producer using PV technology, has donated face masks and bottles of hand sanitizer to the Namibian government. With this donation the company is providing the healthcare supplies needed to stop contagion of COVID-19, and thus to support Namibian health professionals and the public in the fight against the spread of the virus in the country.

The medical supplies donated were handed over by the company to the Namibian government at an event hosted by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Namibia, the Hon. Saara Kuugongelwa. Mario Rodriguez, ALTEN’s representative for southern Africa, made the donation on behalf of the company. The Prime Minister of the Republic of Namibia, the Hon Saara Kuugongelwa, expressed her appreciation to ALTEN Africa for its altruistic donation to the population of Namibia.

ALTEN Africa owns and runs a 45 MWp photovoltaic solar plant in Mariental municipality, the capital of the Hardap region. The plant is currently the largest in Namibia and one of the largest [...]

With a land area of 28.35 has. it has an array of 34,713 PV modules, each with a capacity of 375W.
It uses 479 solar trackers that follow the sun’s East-West trajectory, thereby increasing the plant’s production by 20%.
108 string inverters improve efficiency and make installation and subsequent maintenance easier, making it one of the pioneers in the use of this technology in Spain.
EUR 8 million has been invested in construction and commissioning the facilities.
Over 40 local firms have been involved in building the plant, which has provided employment to over 300 people.
By operating the plant, 11,873 Tns of carbon emissions, equivalent to 7,000 vehicles out of circulation, will be avoided.
Its production is equivalent to the average annual energy consumption of 7,300 homes.
The commissioning of this new plant is proof of ALTEN Energías Renovables’ interest in developing new PV projects in Spain.

Madrid, 9th October, 2019.- ALTEN Energías Renovables has today opened its new 13 MWp solar photovoltaic plant ALTEN El Casar in the municipality of El Casar, specifically on the Nava, La Hoyuela and La Cruz del Contadero plots, to the north of the national highway N-320, leading to the town of El Casar, and near the Valdelosllanos housing development.

The President of the Castile La Mancha regional government, Emiliano García-Page Sánchez, attended the opening ceremony, accompanied by the Minister of Employment, Migrations & Social Security, Magdalena Valerio and the Mayor of El Casar, Mª José Valle, among other authorities.

The new PV solar plant covers a land area of 283,411 square metres (28.35 has), divided into 10 plots with excellent solar resources. Construction was managed by the Ortiz Group, which completed the works in a record time of [...]

The companies’ goals are aligned with those of the UN’s Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 which seeks to end poverty, fight inequality and injustice and tackle climate change, without leaving anyone behind.
The initial donation will be for MXN 218,201.63.
More than 70 children in the Nicolás Bravo and Benito Juárez primary schools, in Sandovales and El Moquete respectively, will be the first to benefit.
The Community Investment Plan signed by both companies is part of an Environmental & Social Management System (ESMS) for the area with short, medium and long-term goals focusing mainly on education, which will be reviewed every year.
Cubico and ALTEN America are supporting and reinforcing their links with the El Llano community, with which they have been in close contact for the two years that their photovoltaic projects in the area have been under construction.
The Solem I and Solem II power plants have a combined capacity of 350 MWp which will generate renewably sourced energy to supply electricity to over 100,000 homes in Mexico.
These projects have created more than 600 new local jobs, with peaks of 1,500 workers during the construction phase, most of them people from El Llano.

Mexico-Aguascalientes-Palo Alto 25th April 2019.- Cubico Sustainable Investments (”Cubico”) and ALTEN America have signed a Community Investment Plan for the short, medium and long term focusing primarily on education, that will be reviewed every year, with the purpose of improving the living standards of the Mexican population living in the El Llano-Palo Alto municipality, in Aguascalientes State.

This Community Investment Plan is part of both companies’ Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies, given that they intend to continue supporting the population of El Llano, as [...]

The company, based in Spain, has satisfied the demanding technical and financial requirements for this first round of bidding and is competing head-to-head with some of the biggest energy players in the world market.

Cape Verde has a 2018-2040 Energy Plan to meet 50% of the country’s energy needs with renewably sourced energy by 2030.

Madrid | Spain – 12 March, 2019.- ALTEN Africa has once again won a place on a shortlist for a construction, development and operating contract, with a total run time of 25 years, for a 5MW plant on the island of Boa Vista, the most easterly of the 10 islands in the Cape Verde archipelago and the third biggest in size, with a landmass of 620 Km2 (29 km long by 31 km wide) and 55 km of beaches. Its natural landscape and year-long warm climate make the island very popular with tourists.

A large number of companies bid for the tender, called by the Ministry for Industry, Trade & Energy of the Republic of Cape Verde. Of these, only 8 made it to the shortlist. As well as ALTEN Africa, these include Akuo Energy, Elmya/Disa and Voltalia.

The plant will be built on the north-west part of the island. If the bid is successful, it will be entirely financed by ALTEN Africa, with investment estimated at around USD 8M.

Commercial operations are scheduled to begin during 2021; with solar radiation of 1,860 kWh/m2, the plant is expected to account for around 3.5% of the country’s installed capacity.

Like other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Cape Verde has a 2018-2040 Energy Plan, that is designed to meet 50% of the country’s energy needs with renewably sourced energy by 2030, so this public tender can [...]