Serengeti Energy Limited Explained

Serengeti Energy Limited
Type:	Private
Location:	4th Floor, ABC Towers, Waiyaki Way, Nairobi, Kenya
Num Locations:	4 Regional Offices:Cape Town, South Africa Dakar, Senegal Freetown, Sierra Leone Lilongwe, Malawi
Key People:	Anton-Louis Olivier - CEO
Industry:	Electric power generation
Products:	Electricity

Serengeti Energy Limited, formerly called responsAbility Renewable Energy Holding (rAREH), is an independent power producer (IPP) company Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, with investments in sub-Saharan Africa. Serengeti Energy specializes in renewable energy sources (primarily hydro and solar and now scaling into wind technologies) of between 5 MW and 50 MW at various development stages including planning, financing, construction and operations. As of June 2024, the firm has 9 operational plants in 5 countries: 3 hydro-power plants in South Africa, 3 hydro-power plants in Uganda, 1 hydro-power plant in Rwanda, 1 solar-power plant in Malawi and Sierra Leone's first grid connected solar-power plant in Bo District, with a total operational capacity of 53MW.^[1] The company commissioned the 21MWp Nkhotakota Solar Power Station in Malawi, in March 2023.

Location

The company headquarters are located Nairobi the capital city of Kenya. With regional offices in Dakar Senegal, Cape Town South Africa, Lilongwe Malawi and Freetown Sierra Leone.^[2]

Overview

Founded in 2013 with an ambitious mandate to create positive impact from activities in sub-Sahara Africa, Serengeti Energy develops, constructs, owns and operates small to medium-sized renewable energy power plants of up to 50MW at various stages of project life cycle with a particular focus on the development stage.

Ownership

Serengeti Energy is owned by European DFIs including KfW, NDF, Norfund, STOA, Swedfund and Proparco. The company also collaborates with international investors, lenders, host governments and local utilities to generate reliable cost-effective renewable energy with minimal social and environmental impact.^[3]

Power plants

The table below illustrates the stations owned at operated by Serengeti Energy.

List of Power Stations Owned and Operated By Serengeti Energy Limited! Rank !! Power Station !! Country !! Capacity (MW)
1	Mpanga Hydro Power Plant^[4]	Uganda
2	Nyamwamba I Hydro Power Plant	Uganda
3	Nyamwamba II Hydro Power Plant^[5]	Uganda
4	Nkhotakota Solar Power Station^[6]	Malawi
5	Rwaza Hydro Power Plant	Rwanda
6	Merino Hydro Power Plant	South Africa
7	Sol Plaatje Hydro Power Plant	South Africa
8	Stortemelk Hydro Power Plant	South Africa
9		Sierra Leone

External links

Official Webpage

Notes and References

Web site: Serengeti Energy switches on Sierra Leone’s first IPP solar project . 1 February 2023 . Renew Africa Magazine . Renew Africa . 4 August 2023 . Cape Town, South Africa.
Web site: Serengeti Energy: Contacts . Serengeti Energy Limited . 4 August 2023 . Serengeti Energy . 4 August 2023 . Nairobi, Kenya.
Web site: Africa: Clean energy producer Serengeti raises $80m for expansion . Afrik21.africa . Jean Marie Takouleu . 4 August 2023 . Paris, France.
Web site: rAREH acquires two hydropower plants in Uganda . Responsability.com . 26 July 2019 . rAREH . 4 August 2023 . Zurich, Switzerland.
Web site: Serengeti Energy reports small hydro project commissioned in Uganda . Hydro Review Magazine . 22 April 2022 . Hydro Review . 4 August 2023 . Shelton, Connecticut, United States.
Web site: Serengeti Energy Commissions 21 MW Solar Photovoltaic Plant in Malawi . Solar Quarter . 16 March 2023 . Sangita Shetty . 4 August 2023 . Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.