Energy Portfolio

Our energy and renewables portfolio at a glance​

Our MPAMOT Africa Energy team provides innovative solutions to the challenges facing the Energy sector. With a 25-year legacy as a leading engineering and development consultancy with nearly 200 professional engineers, and specialists, we are often the service provider of choice for renewables engineering projects in Africa.

MPAMOT has been involved as owners’ engineers or as lender technical advisors during construction and operations of a range of flagship projects in South Africa including 23 Wind projects implemented during the South African Department of Energy’s Renewable Independent Power Producer Programme (REIPPP) round 1 to 4. We have also been involved in 20 solar PV and 7 CSP projects and in projects in various SADC countries, including Namibia and Malawi.

As a consultancy with home-grown talent and access to global experience we have the ability to draw on a range of skills and insights from experience and international best practice. We are not only providing innovative technical solutions, commercial and transaction insights but also provide in house health and safety, environmental and social specialists. In this regard, MPAMOT’s ability to apply broad-ranging multi-disciplinary team with local and international experience gives us a decisive edge when it comes to analyzing problems and producing creative, sustainable solutions. This, as well as our understanding of sustainability provides added value on projects.

 

Delivering value through energy

Renewable energy PV & CSP

Renewable energy wind

Renewable energy O&M

Transmission and distribution

Occupational health and safety

Environmental safeguarding

Social safeguarding

Bradley Duncan

Our MPAMOT Energy team has contributed to and led a wide range of flagship Energy projects in Africa. Every project has an impact and makes a significant contribution to addressing climate change risk and providing energy solutions to partners and communities. This is possible because we offer a one-stop-shop with support from our multidisciplinary team.
We look forward to learning more about your project and exploring ways to assist you with Energy design and independent power producer solutions

Energy Portfolio Director
Email:BradleyD@mpamot.com

Key Projects

Renewable energy: Solar PV

These are some of our solar PV project highlights. More details are available upon request.

  • Arriesfontein
  • Boshof
  • Coega
  • De Aar 1
  • De Aar 3
  • DeWildt
  • FMO Bokpoort
  • Hydra
  • 4 sites Kruger NP
  • Nokukhanya
  • San Solar
  • Soutpan
  • Wilger
  • Witkop
  • Zeerust

Renewable energy: Solar PV

Project: Lethabo, Majuba, Arnot, Tutuka, Duvha PV Projects
Location: GSouth Africa
Client: Eskom
Expertise: PV Owners Engineer
Role: Owner’s engineer and feasibility study development

Project: Omburu PV 20 MW
Location: NamPower
Client: NamPower
Expertise: Owner’s engineer; Construction supervision and contract management
Role: Owner’s engineer; Successful development and procurement support, Construction supervision and contract management. And Operations Monitoring

Project: Nkhotakota Solar PV
Location: Malawi
Client: Mott MacDonald, US DFC
Expertise: Lenders Technical Advisor
Role: Technical engineering, health and safety, environmental and social safeguarding

Project: Zeerust 75MW PV & DeWildt 50MW PV
Location: Zeerust
Client: ACED
Expertise: Owners Engineers
Role: Owners Engineers and construction supervision, commissioning, O&M monitoring.

Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)

Project: Redstone CSP
Location: South Africa
Client: Various Lenders and ACWA
Expertise: Lender Technical Advisor
Role: Technical engineering, health and safety, environmental and social safeguarding specialist construction monitoring Photo credit: ACWA

Project: Khi Solar One
Location: South Africa
Client: Various Lenders
Expertise: Lender Technical Advisor
Role: Technical engineering, health and safety, environmental and social safeguarding specialist construction monitoring Photo credit: Helios

Project: Bokpoort CSP
Location: South Africa
Client: Various Lenders
Expertise: Lender Technical Advisor
Role: Technical engineering, health and safety, environmental and social safeguarding specialist construction monitoring Photo credit: ACWA

Project: Kathu Solar Park
Location: South Africa
Client: Various Lenders
Expertise: Lender Technical Advisor
Role: Technical engineering, health and safety, environmental and social safeguarding specialist construction monitoring

Renewable energy: Wind

Project: Roggeveld Wind Farm
Location: South Africa
Client: Red Rocket
Expertise: Owner’s Engineer
Role: Mott MacDonald and MPAMOT were appointed as the Owner’s Engineer for the construction phase of the Project

Project: Lake Turkana Wind Farm
Location: Kenya
Client: Lake Turkana Wind Power
Expertise: Independent Engineer
Role: Independent Engineer under the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) supporting the project owner and off-taker during the construction phase of the largest wind project in Africa.

Project: Windpark Groen
Location: Netherlands
Client: Mott MacDonald
Expertise: Human Rights impact assessment review
Role: Specialist social safeguarding

Project: Hondtocht 3 Wind Farm
Location: Netherlands
Client: Mott MacDonald
Expertise: Human rights impact assessment review
Role: Social specialist oversight

Generation, transmission, and distribution

Project: Takoradi 2 Power Plant
Location: Ghana
Client: Mott MacDonald
Expertise: Lender technical advisors
Role: Technical engineering, health and safety, environmental and social safeguarding operations monitoring

Project: Tema Power Plant
Location: Ghana
Client: Mott MacDonald
Expertise: Lender technical advisors
Role: Technical engineering, health and safety, environmental and social safeguarding operations monitoring

Project: Bridges Power Plant
Location: Ghana
Client: Mott MacDonald
Expertise: Lender technical advisors
Role: Technical engineering, health and safety, environmental and social safeguarding operations monitoring

Project: Triumph Power Plant
Location: Kenya
Client: Mott MacDonald
Expertise: Lender technical advisors
Role: Technical engineering, health and safety, environmental and social safeguarding operations monitoring

Why is social safeguarding critical to project success?

Compliance with the local legislative framework as well as the international labour convention directives, Guidelines, IFC performance standards and Equator Principles is critical to attract and retain funding and ensuring project completion and operation. More importantly, without social compliance there is no social license to operate.

Project: Redstone CSP
Location: South Africa
Client: Various Lenders
Expertise: Lenders technical advisor
Role: Social safeguarding specialist construction monitoring with specific attention to labour and workforce compliance. Photo credit: ACWA

Project: Takoradi 2 Power Plant
Location: Ghana
Client: Mott MacDonald
Expertise: Lenders technical advisor
Role: Technical engineering, health and safety, environmental and social safeguarding operations monitoring Photo credit: Takoradi

Project: Nkhotakota Solar PV
Location: Malawi
Client: Mott MacDonald, US DFC
Expertise: Lenders technical advisor
Role: Social safeguarding, and construction monitoring. Considering local legislative framework, IFC Performance standard 2, International labour conventions to ensure compliance and to mitigate any risk.