Mogalakwena Project

  • Anglo American
  • Partner: Pele Green Energy
  • Location: Limpopo
  • Awarded: 14 September 2021
  • FID: Q1 2023
  • COD: Q2 2024
  • 100MW power plant
  • Regional RE ecosystem for Anglo American 2040 target of carbon neutral operations.
  • 1st Utility-scale corporate PPA for Platinum Mine.
In September 2021, the subsidiary and its partner Pele Green Energy were selected for a first of its kind large corporate solar photovoltaics project, in a tender from mining company Anglo-American Platinum. Through this corporate purchase power agreement, the consortium plans to build and operate a 100 MW power plant at the Mogalakwena platinum mine, in the Limpopo province. The low-carbon electricity produced each year to power the mine will replace the high-carbon grid electricity currently used.