Africa

The Tunisian government wishes to develop 8 solar power plants having capacities of 100 MW in the very first procurement exercise. Tenders will be granted in four various rounds.

DEG is funding the USA-based Husk Power Systems with $750,000 to develop eight community solar micro-grids in Nigeria. Husk Power Systems is already running 12 micro-grids in the West African country.

The Tunisian federal government is preparing 1,700 MW of new renewable resource projects that must be implemented between 2023 and also 2025 throughout the North African country, power minister Naila Nouira stated on Tuesday.

Nairobi-based green energy distributor Safi Power has appointed a 400 kWp roof solar system at the Coastal Bottlers plant in Mombasa, Kenya. The new installment will help the soft drinks bottler in transitioning one of its PET assembly line to a cleaner source of energy.

Leading utility-scale solar as well as off-grid supplier Sun Africa has tattooed a $10-billion agreement with the Federal Government of Nigeria to generate clean as well as dependable electrical power through solar power as well as battery power storage growth.

African Development Bank approves loans for Kairouan project

The $311 million funds will certainly be funded through International Development Association (IDA). The RESPITE project will support the setup of solar as well as battery storage space capacity, near-term O&M contracts for the provision of solar supply, expansion of hydropower generation capacity, grid connection infrastructure and grid modernization and also upgrades.

Oil and gas giant Shell Plc (LON: SHEL) has actually finished the acquisition of Nigeria-based hybrid solar energy remedies provider Daystar Power after acquiring the needed regulatory clearances.

Egypt will certainly soon become a significant worldwide energy hub, according to the nation's elderly authority in the field. The nation inked countless projects in November that would certainly increase its current solar and wind power generation by over 55 GW.

Scientists from South-Africa's University of the Western Cape, University of Missouri and also Argonne National Laboratory have actually created a new way of boosting the stability and also performance of perovskites.

A consortium led by Dubai-based AMEA Power LLC has actually been granted a 120-MW solar project in the 6th round of a tender in South Africa.

The PPAs are authorized under the ongoing Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP).

EUR 51 million will certainly be offered by Germany to Kenya for the development of new power framework and production of hydrogen. EUR 30 million will certainly be used for the training programs.

The 10MW project is based in Tataouine

Set up by Abu Dhabi Fund for Development for financial objectives, the Abu Dhabi Exports Office (ADEX), will certainly provide loan worth AED92 million ($25 million) to augment the capacity of a solar facility in Togo, West Africa.