Africa & Asia Pipeline
Pipeline Overview
One of the Most Diversified Portfolios in Emerging Markets
Gaia Energy’s development pipeline spans over 10 GW across 15+ countries — representing one of the most geographically diversified renewable energy portfolios in the emerging market space. Each project in this pipeline has been originated by our own teams, assessed through rigorous feasibility analysis, and structured with a clear path to financial close.
Partnership Model
Developer. Advisor. Risk-Sharing Partner.
Successfully delivered development mandates for Enel, IFC, Iberdrola, Climate investor one, BayWa, GE, Abo wind, Vestas… and other institutional investors across 12 different countries
Gaia has delivered mandates for some of the most demanding institutional names in global renewable energy. That track record is the foundation of every new partnership we build.
End-to-End Development
Full-scope delivery from site origination to financial close and COD. Delegated development for solar, wind, and hydrogen projects.
One team. One mandate. Site to financial close — without the hand-offs and accountability gaps that come with outsourced development. The team that understood the risks at origination is still managing them at COD.
Regulatory & Financial Structuring
Land access, permitting, and grid integration under Law 13-09, Law 82-21, and others. Bankable financial models, PPA structuring, and investor coordination.
Morocco, Indonesia, Nigeria, IFC standards — our regulatory teams have worked inside the frameworks that matter in our markets. This is what turns complex jurisdictions into bankable projects.
Risk & Stakeholder Strategy
ESG compliance aligned with IFC Performance Standards. Legal, regulatory, currency, and stakeholder de-risking strategies. Deep network of institutional partners, authorities, and DFIs. Political risk, currency exposure, community relations, environmental compliance — each risk category is explicitly addressed in the project structure.
Flexible Partnership Model
✓ Lead developer — full origination to COD
✓ Co-developer — joint development with strategic partner
✓ Minority partner — support and advisory with equity stake
✓ Advisory mandate — development services for third parties
We adapt our role to what each project and each partner needs. The output is always the same: a bankable project structured for institutional capital.
9 Countries • 4 GW+
Example of projects — this list does not include all the projects of our pipeline.
Each project developed end-to-end by Gaia’s own teams, in markets where we have established regulatory relationships, local presence and grid connection expertise.
Morocco
1,200 MW
Solar + Wind
Gaia’s most mature market and the anchor of our African platform. Projects are developed under Morocco’s Law 13-09 and Law 82-21 frameworks, with grid connection studies completed and PPA structures validated with ONEE and private industrial offtakers. The Morocco portfolio is also the generation backbone for the Morocco Link HVDC cable — Africa’s most advanced clean energy export infrastructure project.
Nigeria
800 MW
Wind + Storage
Africa’s largest economy. Nigeria’s Energy Transition Plan targets 30 GW of renewable capacity by 2030 against a backdrop of chronic generation deficit and a rapidly growing industrial base. Gaia’s portfolio targets utility and C&I offtake in the South and Southwest zones, where grid infrastructure and private sector energy demand are strongest.
Ghana
350 MW
Wind + Storage
One of West Africa’s most stable investment environments. Ghana’s PURC framework and liberalised energy market support bankable IPP structures. Gaia’s programme targets both grid-connected utility offtake and the growing C&I segment, with focus on the industrial corridors around Accra and Tema where power reliability and affordability are key competitiveness drivers.
Tanzania
400 MW
Wind + Storage
Tanzania’s Vision 2025 industrialisation agenda and TANESCO grid expansion programme create strong fundamentals for large-scale renewable development. Gaia’s portfolio targets TANESCO utility offtake alongside growing demand from Tanzania’s manufacturing and tourism sectors, with sites selected for proximity to high-voltage transmission infrastructure.
Kenya
500 MW
Wind + Solar + Storage
Africa’s most competitive renewable energy market. Established IPP frameworks, active KETRACO transmission expansion and a deep C&I offtake market. Gaia’s hybrid wind-solar portfolio complements Kenya’s geothermal and hydro baseload with dispatchable variable renewable capacity in high-resource zones.
Zambia
400 MW
Solar PV
Zambia’s power deficit and the ZESCO grid expansion programme create strong fundamentals for utility-scale solar IPPs. Gaia’s development targets both ZESCO offtake and the rapidly growing demand from Zambia’s mining sector — one of the largest and most energy-intensive in Sub-Saharan Africa — for reliable, affordable, carbon-credible renewable power.
Guinea
300 MW
LNG / Solar Hybrid
Gaia Energy is the exclusive developer of a large-scale hybrid energy platform in Guinea. The first development phase is designed to deliver an initial installed capacity in the range of 250 MW, corresponding to the power requirements of the first industrial projects entering construction. This phase combines dispatchable thermal generation with an initial tranche of solar photovoltaic capacity, ensuring reliability from day one while establishing a competitive cost base for long-term industrial offtake.
Ivory Coast
200 MW
Wind
Gaia is developing what is set to become one of Côte d’Ivoire’s leading utility-scale wind projects — in the largest industrial economy of Francophone West Africa. The project targets C&I and utility offtake in a market where power reliability and cost competitiveness are defining constraints on industrial investment.
Tunisia
400 MW
Solar + Wind
Tunisia’s ELMED interconnector project and the EU’s Mediterranean energy partnership create a clear export pathway for green energy produced in North Africa. Gaia’s portfolio targets both domestic utility offtake and future export structures, with project development aligned to the Tunisian Electricity and Gas Code and the regulatory reforms supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
4 Markets • 2.1 GW
Example of projects — this list does not include all the projects of our pipeline.
Across four high-growth markets, each selected for its resource quality, regulatory maturity and strategic alignment with G-DATA’s digital infrastructure deployment programme.
Indonesia
Confidential
Solar + Wind
Southeast Asia’s largest economy and most significant energy market. With a government-backed energy transition plan, PLN’s ongoing grid expansion and a growing renewable energy auction programme, the conditions for large-scale IPP development are maturing rapidly. Gaia’s portfolio provides the generation backbone for G-DATA’s first Asian node — positioning Indonesia as the anchor of our pan-regional digital infrastructure strategy.
Philippines
600 MW
Solar + Wind
The Renewable Energy Act and Green Energy Auction Program provide one of Southeast Asia’s most established IPP frameworks. Power prices among the region’s highest. Corporate PPA demand from manufacturing, BPO and data infrastructure sectors is robust and growing.
Thailand
200 MW
200 MW Solar PV — Data Centers
Thailand’s AEDP 2030 targets and established SPP/VSPP regulatory pathways provide a clear framework for solar development. Gaia’s programme is specifically structured to co-locate solar generation with G-DATA’s planned Thai data center node — delivering behind-the-meter green power to one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing digital infrastructure markets.
Uzbekistan
300 MW
Solar + Storage
Central Asia’s most ambitious renewable reformer. 8 GW target by 2026, IFC-backed auction programme. Growing interest from Gulf sovereign investors positions Uzbekistan as a strategic priority market for infrastructure co-investment.
Energy Interconnectors
The Morocco Link
A 2 GW HVDC subsea cable to Europe, enabling green energy exports from North Africa. As the EU accelerates its decarbonisation agenda and green hydrogen import strategy, cross-border HVDC infrastructure becomes a critical bottleneck — and Gaia is positioned at the centre of that constraint.