Absa Secures $150m Green Finance from the IFC

South Africa is set to benefit from the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) certified green loan in…

Acwa Power Raises $500m for its South African CSP Plant

Acwa Power has finished the financing phase of the Redstone concentrated solar power plant (CSP). The…

DPA Cancels Solar Power Lease Due to Construction Delays

Distributed Power Africa (DPA) is cancelling an electricity lease contract with Nyanza Light Metals. DPA was…

South Africa: BioTherm Commences Operations of Its 123MW Wind Farm

BioTherm Energy has started commercial operation of the Golden Valley wind farm in the Eastern Cape.…

UK Funding Helps South Africa Boost Clean Energy

Projects financed by the UK Government’s International Climate Finance Programme. 254MW of clean energy projects were…

South Africa Announce Preferred Bidders for 2 GW Tender

South African Department of Mineral Resources (DMRE) has announced preferred bidders to procure short-term risk-mitigation capacity.…

821MW of New Wind capacity Installed in the Middle East and Africa in 2020

Only 821MW of new wind power capacity was installed in the Middle East and Africa in…

Cenfura and DNA to Deploy Mini-Grids Powered with Blockchain Payment

Cenfura has partnered with DNA Global Energy to deploy mini-grid systems in South Africa. Consumers will…

Shoprite Scale-Up Rooftop Solar PV Project

Shoprite now generates 12300 MWh of electricity annually from rooftop solar PV at 19 of its…

ENGIE Acquires 100 MW Concentrated Solar Power Plant in South Africa

The plant is located in the Northern Cape of South Africa, which is also the location…