OMAI continues to focus on provision of energy as a key driver to economic development on the African continent, with an installed capacity of 2.8 GW and providing electricity to over 2 million households in 2021.
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Equivalent households powered by total energy production
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Equivalent households powered by total energy production
Equivalent households and active SHS users powered by renewable energy
The decrease in installed capacity in 2021 is attributed to exiting two renewable energy facilities (REISA solar PV plant and the Cookhouse wind farm). The increase in non-renewable energy production from 582 GWh in 2020 to 1,789 GWh is associated with increased production by Cenpower, a multi-fuel power station in Ghana.
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Equivalent households powered by total energy production
Equivalent households and active SHS users powered by renewable energy
Installed capacity has remained consistent across the three years although total energy production has increased significantly as a result of good performance at Amandi and Albatros, both overcoming constraints limiting production in previous years. The distributed solar businesses in the fund collectively have over 206,319 active solar home system (SHS) users.
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Equivalent households powered by total energy production
Equivalent households and active SHS users powered by renewable energy
Installed capacity has increased to 2.08 GW in 2021 as additional renewable energy projects in the IDEAS fund reached commercial operations. IDEAS contributed a third of the renewable power produced (excluding hydro) in South Africa in 2021.
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Equivalent households powered by total energy production
Equivalent households and active SHS users powered by renewable energy