EU Approves $3.4 Million Solar Grid Facility for Thousands of Beneficiaries in Nigeria

EU offers a $3.4 million working capital facility to increase energy access in Nigeria. Okra Solar…

Gridworks Invests $50m in Virunga Power

Gridworks Development Partners, a British International Investment (BII) company, has announced a $50 million investment in…

Jack Dorsey Invests in Gridless to Improve Africa’s Electrification

Jack Dorsey’s Block co-leads a $2M investment in an Africa-Based renewable Bitcoin miner, Gridless. Gridless uses…

ARC Power to Build Mini-grids in Rwandan and Mozambique

Rwanda has set a target of universal energy access by 2024. ARC Power will connect more…

Greece to Connect its Electricity Grid to Egypt’s via Undersea Cables

Underwater cable to transport 3,000 MW of electricity from Egypt to Greece. The project’s total length…

Benin Solar-Battery Project Closed Minigrid Financing 

A new company aiming to deploy off-grid renewable energy solutions in Benin Republic, Les Soleils du…

Scotland Connects UK’s Tallest Wind Turbine to National Grid

The 200-metre structures have an installed generation capacity of up to 67.2MW. The turbines are predicted…

AMP Launched to Set Mini-Grids Energy Access Trajectory

AMP to transform energy markets and bring electricity to 21 African countries. The AMP will need…

Benin Republic to Pilot 1.7 MW Rural Mini-Grid Solar Project

Four firms to develop a 1.7 megawatt (MW) solar power project in Benin.  The mini-grid project…

Zola launches microgrid in Rwanda

Developing countries would skip the traditional grid altogether and go straight to microgrids. Zola announced that…