EIB Approves $95m for Geothermal Projects Financing in East Africa

The EIB has approved $95m for geothermal project financing in the East Africa Rift Valley region.…

AREF II Raises €130m for Clean Energy projects in Sub-Saharan Africa

The Africa Renewable Energy Fund II (AREF II) has raised a total of €130 million. The…

Maire Tecnimont Commences Construction of Clean Energy-Powered Fertiliser Plant In Kenya

Maire Tecnimonts has started the construction of a renewable energy powered fertiliser plant in Kenya. Fertiliser…

DJIBOUTI: KenGen to Begin Geothermal Project in June

KenGen to begin Geothermal plant in June ODDEG awarded the drilling contract earlier this year KenGen…

Japan Set to Ease Restrictions to Increase Renewable Energy Deployment

Japan intends to reduce approval times for wind projects, open up abandoned farmland, boost grid capacity…

Drilling Set to Begin at Ethiopian Geothermal Site

Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) has announced that drilling will commence later this month at the Aluto…

Ethiopia Signs Agreement for the Construction of 500 MWp Solar Energy Projects

Masdar Clean Energy will construct solar PV power plants in Ethiopia. Masdar, under the agreement, will…

KenGen to Drill Three Geothermal Wells in Djibouti

KenGen has been awarded the contract for the drilling of three geothermal wells in Djibouti. KenGen…

Kenya Set to Hybridize 23 Diesel Mini-Grids With Clean Energy

The government intends to complement diesel-powered mini-grids with clean energy sources. The plants will be fitted…

How Clean is Clean Energy?

Clean renewable energy investments have been on for a while although, with the advent of covid-19,…