Mauritius: Astonfield signs PPA for solar plants

India’s Astonfield Renewable Resources has signed a power purchase agreement with the Central Electricity Board for two 2MW solar power plants, as part of the government’s 10MW solar photovoltaic (PV) programme. One plant will be located near Union Flacq and will be developed in partnership with Alteo Energy, while the second will be developed solely by Astonfield in La Gaulette. The projects will be developed on an independent power producer basis and Astonfield’s was one of three successful bids for the solar scheme out of a total of 56.