Greenyellow Secures €21m Financing for 30 MW Burkina Faso Solar Plant

GreenYellow has secured a €21 million loan from Dutch development bank FMO. The funds will be…

Tunisia Needs Increased Local Financing for Accelerated Renewables Deployment

Tunisia needs local financing to accelerate clean energy deployment. The procurement and permit process for grid-connected…

Scatec Awarded Hybrid Solar Contracts in South Africa’s Emergency Tender

Scatec has been awarded 50MW of contracts for each of the Kenhardt 1, 2 and 3…

South Africa Can Replace Ageing Coal Plants with Renewables

South Africa should replace ageing coal plants with renewable energy power plants. Banks are reluctant to…

First Privately Developed Solar PV Plants Commissioned in Senegal

The first privately developed solar power plants in Senegal have been commissioned. The plants have a…

Stanbic IBTC to Deploy Solar in Half of Its Offices by 2022

Stanbic IBTC plans to deploy solar energy at half of its offices by 2022. The company…

AfDB, Tanzania Sign $140m Loan Agreements for Increased Power Generation

The AfDB will provide $140m in loan funding to Tanzania for the construction of a hydropower…

Solar Company Seeks to Seize Lesotho’s Assets

Lesotho may lose its assets and revenue after Frazer Solar GmbH claimed a contractual breach. Frazer…

SOUTH AFRICA: Government of Western Cape Calls for Embedded Generation

The Government of Western Capetown calls for embedded generation Seeks an alternative to addressing power shortages…

Off-Grid Markets Slowly Recovering from Covid-19 Pandemic – GOGLA

GOGLA’s report indicates that the off-grid market is slowly recovering following the Covid-19 pandemic. West and…