The British mining company Anglo American and France’s EDF Renewables have agreed to set up a joint venture called Envusa Energy, which will develop a pipeline of more than 600 MW of wind and solar projects in South Africa. The two partners entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore this initiative in March 2022.
The joint venture is expected develop a regional renewable energy ecosystem (RREE) which will provide to Anglo American's operational power needs in South Africa. The ecosystem is expected to generate 3 GW to 5 GW of renewable energy by 2030.
The first phase of Envusa Energy's projects is expected to enter construction in 2023. The 600 MW first round of projects are in addition to nearly 1 GW of plants that will be built by EDF Renewables in South Africa by 2023.
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