GEAPP, in collaboration with Alliance partners plans to electrify 100 urban areas via 100 mini grids by 2040 and provide an investment roadmap to harness the country's vast solar and hydro potential in service of more than 74 million Congolese people currently living without. GEAPP, in collaboration with Alliance partners plans to electrify 100 urban areas via 100 mini grids by 2040 and provide an investment roadmap to harness the country's vast solar and hydro potential in service of more than 74 million Congolese people currently living without. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is endowed with abundant natural resources, including vast solar energy potential. With an average solar irradiation of about 5. The country has been. Soleos Energy is partnering with Melci, an electrical engineering company in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to construct a 200 MW solar PV power project. The project will be executed under a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with DRC state-owned utility Société Nationale d'Électricité. The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and SkyPower Global have signed a joint development agreement to implement the first phase of an ultimately 1 000 MW capacity solar power project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This project aims to expand sustainable energy access in underserved areas.