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Paris, 17 June 2025 – EDF Renewables and the EDF Group International Division join forces into EDF power solutions, an entity intended to strengthen the efficiency and clarity of their international activities. Led by Béatrice Buffon, Group Senior Executive Vice-President in charge of EDF power solutions, this merger forms part

South Africa’s first self-build Main Transmission Substation (MTS), by an Independent Power Producer (IPP), has been completed and energised on 5 April 2025. The Koruson 400/132 kV MTS outside Noupoort in the Northern Cape, has been designed and constructed to connect 1.5 GW of renewable energy to the national grid.  

The three Oasis 1 battery energy storage systems (BESS) projects, led by EDF group in collaboration with Mulilo, Pele Green Energy and Gibb Crede, reached financial close in November 2024. Awarded in the first round of South Africa’s Battery Energy Storage Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (BESIPPPP), the projects are

In less than a year after being awarded under the DMRE’s Energy Storage Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (ESIPPPP),  the Oasis 1: Mookodi battery energy storage systems (BESS) project reached commercial close on 16 October 2024, with the signing of project documents in Cape Town, in the presence of the

EDF Renewables in South Africa is currently leading the construction of almost 1,2 GW of low carbon power generation capacity in the country, including 763 MW wind power, 355 MW solar PV and 75 MW of battery storage. This important new build programme, consists of eight sites across the Northern

Anglo American announces that its jointly owned renewable energy venture with EDF Renewables, Envusa Energy, has completed the project financing for its first three wind and solar projects in South Africa. The terms and structure of this non-recourse project financing are typical of high-quality renewable energy infrastructure assets. These three

Pretoria, South Africa, 28 November 2023: EDF Renewables achieved Commercial and Financial Close on its Umoyilanga Project on 28 November 2023, reaching Commercial Close with the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, and then concluding Financial Close with Nedbank, RMB and DBSA. This follows the signing of the Power Purchase

Pretoria, South Africa, 30 August 2023: EDF Renewables achieved Legal Close on its Umoyilanga Project on 30 August 2023, with the signing of the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Eskom, and the Implementation Agreement (IA) with the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, for the hybrid renewable power facility to