Africa

Masdar takes stake in landmark Benban solar complicated with ib vogt offer
Ib vogt has actually offered its shareholding in its 64.1 MWp 'Infinity 50' project, which makes up part of the Benban solar complicated in Egypt, to Masdar.
Sep 15, 2020 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, Masdar, Asia, ib vogt, Africa, Egypt, infinity energy, Anton Milner, benban solar complex
Portuguese projects under the hammer, Dehui declares Vietnam initially
A round-up of the most up to date solar industry news from around the world, as Aquila grabs its very first solar projects in Portugal, among Europe's hottest solar markets, as well as Dehui claims being Vietnam's initial module producer to create next-generation panels.
Sep 11, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Portugal, Europe, Asia, Africa, LONGi, Vietnam, Burkina Faso, dehui, aquila
Gambia looks for consultants for 150 MW solar-plus-storage project
The global West African Power Pool is seeking professionals for an environmental impact research in addition to transaction advisors for a project under development considering that October.
Sep 10, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, solar-plus-storage, Africa, Gambia, PV Power Plant
India's NTPC intends more than 5GW of new solar in 2 years
NTPC, India's largest power business, is intending to add more than 5GW of new solar ability in the following two years as it constructs its renewables presence overseas thanks to a partnership with the International Solar Alliance (ISA).
Sep 9, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, India, NTPC, floating PV, Asia, hydrogen, Africa, utility, Gurdeep Singh
Zimbabwe gold mine to be powered by PV
Caledonian Mining has exposed strategies to build a $13 million solar plant at the Blanket golden goose in southern Zimbabwe. It elevated funds for the project via a share sale.
Sep 8, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, pv power plants, Africa, Zimbabwe, Caledonia Mining
Burkina Faso welcomes bids for building and construction of four PV solar power plants
The federal government of Burkina Faso through the national power utility Sonabel, officially Societe Nationale d'electricite du Burkina Faso, has actually released a Notice of Invitation to Tender (AOO) requiring bids for the engineering, purchase, and also building and construction of four photovoltaic or pv solar power plants with a total capacity of 9 MWp in three different areas in the West African country.
Sep 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, pv power plants, Urbasolar, Africa, Burkina Faso, Sonabel, African Development Bank (AfDB), government of Burkina Faso, Societe Nationale d’electricite du Burkina Faso, Yeleen Rural Electrification Project
Senegal presents VAT exception for off-grid solar items
The Senegalese federal government is aiming to increase access to solar energy in backwoods by decreasing VAT on PV panels, inverters, solar thermal collectors and various other items in an initiative to achieve global power gain access to in the nation by 2025.
Sep 2, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Inverters, Grids, Africa, Gogla, Senegal, Namory Doumbia
EBRD may fund ACWA's 200 MW solar plant in Egypt with $54 million car loan
The $155,4 million project was secured by the Saudi energy giant with a tender held in 2019. The center will sell power at a rate of $0.02752/ kWh.
Sep 2, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, EBRD, Asia, Africa, Egypt, PV Power Plant
Niger holds firm on strategy to construct solar park at diesel-fueled thermal plant
The solar plant is expected to have a capacity of up to 60 MW and also will certainly be situated at the 100 MW Gorou Banda thermal power plant appointed in 2017.
Sep 1, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Thermal, pv power plants, Africa, thermal plant, Niger
South Africa starts 2 GW tech-neutral tender to improve power supply
The South African Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) is asking for propositions for the Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (RMIPPPP). The tender is intended to obtain 2 GW of ability in feedback to the chronic short-term power supply void that is affecting the country as well as its mining industry. Renewables are also entitled to compete.
Aug 31, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, tender, Africa, South Africa, dmre
Test bench compares floating PV with onshore solar arrays
Moroccan researchers have actually established a brand-new floating PV test bench. They assert floating solar arrays use far better power returns than roof and ground-mounted PV systems, with reduced module operating temperatures.
Aug 31, 2020 // Technology, Floating PV, floating PV, Africa, Morocco
Nigeria releases off-grid solar tender
The Nigerian Ministry of Power is approving bids to develop seven off-grid PV projects, in addition to various other installations that will certainly boost accessibility to energy.
Aug 25, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, tender, Africa, Nigeria
Examining CPM-based passive cooling for CPV systems
A global study group has checked change product warm sinks for warm monitoring on a concentrator photovoltaic or pv system. It discovered that raising over height ratios decreases the development of stratified fluid layers, which consequently reduces the possible hot spots in the upper part of the solar cell.
Aug 17, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Japan, Asia, Africa, Egypt, cooling, CPV systems
Solar projects allocated to support N'Djamena borders in Chad
Argentine corporation Alcaal Group has signed an MoU with Chad's Ministry of Finance and also Ministry of Energy for a 200MW solar PV with a battery storage element located near the resources city of N'Djamena.
Aug 13, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Africa, chad, Alcaal Group, Idriss Déby
Chad thinks about building and construction of 200 MW solar-plus-storage plant
The minister of money and also budget and the minister of energy have actually signed a memorandum of recognizing with Argentina-based Alcaal Group connecting to the expediency research studies of a photovoltaic or pv plant with a capacity of approximately 200 MW with huge storage capacity on the outskirts of the nation's resources.
Aug 11, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, solar-plus-storage, Africa, chad