Mauritius

French renewable power producer Qair has secured power off-take deals for four hybrid solar and battery storage space projects in Mauritius that will add 60 MW of capacity to the neighborhood electricity grid.

French clean energy solutions provider GreenYellow revealed on Tuesday it has actually closed an MUR-350-million (USD 7.9 m/EUR 7.2 m) funding deal with the Mauritius Commercial Bank Ltd for a new photovoltaic (PV) project in the island country.

The Central Electricity Board (CEB) of Mauritius has issued 2 different tenders for 100MW and 40MW capacities. The Mauritius Government wishes to enhance the share of renewable energy in the energy basket to greater than 35 per cent by 2025.

Sun Exchange has actually closed a $4 million Series-A funding round by obtaining a $3 million investment from ARPF, a Mauritian private equity fund. The peer-to-peer solar leasing platform claimed it will certainly make use of the funds to help its participants release solar solutions throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

The island country's Agricultural Marketing Board is looking for propositions for a ground-mounted PV plant. Programmers have a week to send quotes.