{"id":9966,"date":"2022-10-02T07:50:07","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T07:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/shells-solar-acquisition-daystar-power-plans-pan-african-expansion"},"modified":"2022-10-02T08:16:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T08:16:08","slug":"shells-solar-acquisition-daystar-power-plans-pan-african-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/shells-solar-acquisition-daystar-power-plans-pan-african-expansion","title":{"rendered":"Shell\u2019s solar acquisition Daystar Power plans pan-African expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span><b>Daystar Power, the West African solar power provider being bought by Royal Dutch Shell, plans to expand across Africa once the acquisition is completed, says Olaedo Osoka, Daystar\u2019s West Africa CEO.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Eastern and southern Africa are \u201cattractive markets\u201d with \u201chuge potential,\u201d says Ghana-based Osoka. \u201cWe can address those markets.\u201d The company is aiming to increase its installed solar capacity from a current 32MW to 400MW by 2025.<\/p>\n<p>African renewable energy providers are scaling up to target commercial and industrial customers as rising prices for fossil fuels prompt a search for cost savings. Nigeria\u2019s <b>Starsight Energy<\/b> and South African-based <b>SolarAfrica<\/b> this month agree to merge to create a portfolio of 220MW of operated and contracted generation capacity, and a project pipeline exceeding 1GW.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\">Sierra-Leone<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. Daystar Power, the West African solar power provider being bought by Royal Dutch Shell, plans to expand across Africa once the acquisition is completed, says Olaedo Osoka, Daystar\u2019s West Africa CEO. 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