A joint venture ( JV ) between Angola and Angola 's state energy company , Sonangol , will develop renewable energy projects in the central African country . The newly - formed consortium will propose construction of a 50 MW solar plant in southern Angola as its first project , with plans to contribute to the nation 's target of 800 MW of renewable capacity by 2025 . Eni has been operating in Angola since 1999 , and currently produces 50,000 barrels of oil per day there . The JV will feed into its aims to build global solar and wind capacity to 1.6 GW by 2022 and 5000 GW by 2025 .
A joint venture (JV) between Eni and Angola's state energy company, Sonangol, will develop renewable energy programmes in the central African country. The newly-formed Solenova will begin construction of a 50 MW solar plant in southern Angola as its first project, with plans to contribute to the nation's target of 800 MW of renewable capacity by 2025. Eni has been operating in Angola since 1980, and currently produces 50,000 barrels of oil per day there. The JV will feed into its aims to build global solar and wind capacity to 1.6 GW by 2022 and 5 GW by 2025.