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Total Eren, Chariot land 40MW PV deal for South African mine as the industry continues shift to solar

South African mining company Tharisa has signed an agreement with renewables developer Total Eren and African energy company Chariot to build a 40MW solar...

Algeria launches 1 GW solar tender

Algeria's Ministry of Energy Transition and Renewable Energy has launched yesterday a tender for the deployment of 1 GW of solar capacity. The procurement exercise...

South African utility Eskom allocates land for renewable energy producers

South African utility Eskom has launched an auction process to allocate land for large-scale renewable energy projects planned by independent power producers (IPPs). “The availability...

Cheaper wholesale solar equipment through $10m group-buying fund in Nigeria

Amid repeated calls for innovative approaches to unlock the potential of African solar, two impact investors have committed $5 million each to back an...

African Energy Week highlights lack of support for renewables

The year's African Energy Week event closed with the message the continent is not ready to abandon fossil fuels, with one speaker casting doubt...

South Africa Allocates 2.58 GW of Wind and Solar Projects in REIPPP Auction

South Africa has selected 25 wind and solar power projects to be developed by private developers under its renewable energy independent power producer procurement...

SIMA Launches Energy Access Relief Fund to Support Off-Grid Solar Companies

Social Investment Managers and Advisors (SIMA) has launched the Energy Access Relief Fund (EARF) with a first close of $68 million and a target...

South Africa raises threshold for distributed generation to 100 MW

South Africa‘s government has officially raised the licensing threshold for embedded generation projects from 1 MW to 100 MW. The new measure – schedule 2...

African coal plant operator turns to solar for new power JV

Mozambique-based coal operator Ncondezi Energy has announced a joint venture (JV) with South African-based NESA to target South Africa’s C&I solar and storage markets. The...

InfraCo, Solvéo secure 25-year PPA for solar park in Guinea

Infraco Africa, a unit of U.K.-based Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), and Solveo Energie, a unit of French renewable energy developer Solveo, have secured...

ArcelorMittal seeks solar PPAs for 150 MW in South Africa

ArcelorMittal South Africa, a unit of Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal Holdings, has invited independent power producers (IPP) to submit project proposals for solar parks with a...

Algeria’s first mounting system manufacturer

SPS, an Algerian metal sandwich panel manufacturer, has decided to team up with Dubai-based mounting system provider Qi-energy to make  mounting structures for PV...

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Switch Together Solar scheme returns to help Solihull residents save money and cut carbon

A popular scheme that helps people save money on their energy bills while reducing carbon emissions is returning to Solihull. Switch Together Solar brings residents,...

BOOM Power secures second NSIP consent for Fenwick solar plant

The UK energy secretary Ed Miliband has granted consent for a 237.5MW solar PV plant developed by BOOM Power. The UK-based developer will construct the...

Indian PV manufacturers downplay impact of 125% preliminary US countervailing duty

The US Department of Commerce (DoC) has proposed a 125.87% preliminary countervailing duty (CVD) on imported Indian solar cells. Several Indian PV manufacturers PV Tech...

Scatec signs landmark PPA in Egypt for 1.95 GW Solar and 3.9 GWh BESS capacity

Scatec ASA, a leading renewable energy solutions provider, has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) for a...