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,…

SOBEBRA Installs Rooftop Solar at Cotonou Brewery

The Béninoise brewer has recently installed a rooftop solar PV system at its Cotonou headquarters. The…

Independent System Operator: Exploring its Dynamics in the Current Ailing Power Sector

The importance of the power evacuation infrastructure in the electricity value chain globally cannot be over-emphasized.…

FG, Seven Firms Sign MoU to Deploy Solar Home Systems

The latest signing brings the total number of developers with access to the Output-Based grant up…

Oolu Solar Raises $8.5m in Series B Investment Round

The Senegal-based solar services provider has raised over $8 million in its second investment round as…

REA, NIPC, MoP Launch One-Stop Investment Platform for Renewable Energy

  The platform was built by interagency cooperation between the REA, NIPC, FMoP and the NESP.…

REA Organises Workshop Ahead of REF’s Second Call

The workshop was organised to prepare the bidders for REF’s second call for bidders. The REF…

AfDB to Provide $120m Financing for Tanzania hydropower plant

The 50MW hydropower plant will be constructed in Western Tanzania and will provide power to about…

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…

Sunlight Can Produce Energy and Clean Water Simultaneously

The generation of energy for electricity and the provision of clean water are linked in several…