Wartsila Engine Plant Boosts Senegal Power Capacity

The power generation capacity of Senegal has been boosted by the launch of a new power…

SESA Launches Capacity Building Programme

Smart Energy Solutions for Africa (SESA) has launched a capacity-building programme that aims to close the…

DRC: Nuru secures $1.5m for solar mini-grids in Goma, Kindu and Bunia

E3 Capital (previously Energy Access Ventures), Renewable Energy Performance Platform (REPP), and Proparco, the French Development…

Solar Supply to Power Grid Increases in Kenya

   The amount of solar supplied to the national grid in the nine months to September…

GE Grid Solutions Gets Contract to Modernise 39 Substations in Nepal

GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has announced it has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract…

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…

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…

HEINEKEN Launches Largest Grid-Connected Solar Plant In South Africa

The solar plant boasts 14,000 panels with an energy capacity of over 6.5MW. The project will…

Firms to Invest $1.7m for Solar Mini-Grids Deployment in Africa

 InfraCo Africa partners with renewable energy provider Equatorial Power. The companies will invest $1.7 million to…