African Design Magazine ADM #37 February 2018 | Page 34

Alten Africa offers Evolution II Fund investment opportunities in 225 MWp of construction-ready
and advanced projects in three of its priority countries with an additional 400 MWp pipeline of
opportunities underway in select targeted countries within the region. Alten Energias Renovables is
an experienced international solar PV developer and IPP targeting ambitious capacity expansion in
sub-Saharan Africa with a strong track record in southern Europe and more recently in Africa and
Latin America, where it has won projects in fiercely contested public-private auction environments.
Christopher Clarke, Managing Partner at Inspired Evolution, confirmed that numerous a ributes of
the Alten-Inspired Evolution partnership make it a powerful force in the sub-Saharan African
renewable market. “Together we offer the aggregation of regional and international market
knowledge, multi-disciplinary skills and credentials with over 1 GW of collective clean energy
track record. Additional features of the partnership include demonstrated procurement
competitiveness, development capital efficiency, geographic diversification and best-practice
environmental, social and governance approaches to enhance development impact”.
Clarke sees the deal with Alten as a major milestone. “We couldn't have had a be er start in
demonstrating Evolution II 's implementation of the Inspired Evolution investment strategy to
replicate partnerships with pedigreed development partners that have demonstrated success in
the regional market”.
Juan Laso, Executive President at Alten Energias Renovables, pointed out that the partnership with
Inspired Evolution “consolidates the venture Alten initiated 5 years ago in sub-Saharan Africa. The
experience of Alten, together with the local knowledge, capacity and vision of Inspired Evolution,
create a perfect combination to succeed and to satisfy the vast energy needs of the region with
solar PV technololgy”.
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