India Added 5.2GW of New Solar Capacity Between April and November 2020

India added 5.2GW of new solar capacity between the months of April and November 2020. The…

AfDB to Provide $5m Grant for Desert to Power (D2P) Initiative in the Sahel

The $5 million grant will finance three components of the D2P initiative in Chad, Mali, Mauritania,…

Senior Minister Inaugurates First Phase of 250MW Floating Solar Plant at Biu Dam

  The power plant, when completed, will provide 250MW to augment the 400MW generated by the…

Installation of 5 Million Solar Home Systems to Begin in December

  The first set of installations is expected to begin by December 2020. The CBN will…

Germany’s 187MW Solar Plant Begins Supplying Power to the Grid

The solar park is presently Germany’s largest solar park and when completed, will house 465,000 solar…

Sri Lanka to Conduct Pre-Feasibility Studies for $100m Solar Project

Sri Lanka intends to deploy power projects under a $100m credit facility from the Indian Exim…

NIGERIA: UBA Accelerates its Energy Transition with Renewvia

A contract between Renewvia and the Lagos, Nigeria-based commercial bank United Bank of Africa (UBA) has…

Agile Energy X to Utilise Excess Renewable Energy for Bitcoin Mining

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) subsidiary Agile Energy X is venturing into Bitcoin mining to harness excess…

Ghana Approves $250M Loan for Energy Sector Recovery and LPG Access

Parliament has approved a $250 million loan agreement to fund Ghana’s Energy Sector Recovery Programme (ESRP).…

Biden Unveils $7.3 Billion for Rural Clean Energy

On September 5, the Biden administration unveiled a major initiative to invest $7.3 billion from the…