Africa

Building and construction work with a 50-MW solar project created by a Belectric-CCC consortium in eastern Egypt is nearing completion, with commissioning set up for the third quarter of this year.

Off-grid solar professional Sun King has actually increased US$ 260 million in a Series D funding round intended to expand international accessibility to affordable solar power across Africa and also Asia.

The electrolyser facilities in the Suez Canal Economic Zone and also on the Mediterranean could be encompassed up to 4 GW by 2030 to produce 2.3 million tonnes of green ammonia.

Malawi, a landlocked nation in southeastern Africa, is defined by its topography of highlands split by the Great Rift Valley and enormous Lake Malawi. The cost of solar energy there has fallen by more than 3 quarters internationally over the past decade.

French-based independent power producer (IPP), Neoen, has officially commissioned the 41 MWp Metoro solar power plant in Mozambique. Inaugurated in October 2020 by Mozambican Head Of State, H.E. Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, the project will certainly come online in the following few weeks, providing much-needed power to the national grid.

The 6th bidding round of South Africa's Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) has actually opened for interested events.

The African Development Fund, the concessional arm of the African Development Bank Group, has authorized a USD-5.5-million (EUR 5.1 m) technological support give to kick off the Desert to Power project in the eastern part of the Sahel region, specifically in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia as well as Sudan, the bank has actually introduced.

French power major TotalEnergies SE (EPA: TTE) and also power manufacturer General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) have actually gone over the launch of a project for the building and construction of a solar power plant in the North African nation.

Norwegian green power producer Scatec ASA (OSL: SCATC) has actually re-financed the non-recourse debt facilities tied to three running solar farms completing 190 MW it co-owns in South Africa.

The 200 MW solar project is expected to give approximately 40% of Tronox's South African electricity demands. Tronox claims that the project stands for a significant progression to satisfy its emission reduction targets.

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.

Renewables developer Kibo Energy Plc (LON: KIBO; JSE: KBO) has consented to get a 100-MW solar project in Zimbabwe from Broomfield International Ltd for GBP 10 million (USD 13.2 m/EUR 12m) in stock.

Africa-focused energy company Chariot Ltd (LON: CHAR) and French power manufacturer Total Eren have actually struck a manage First Quantum Minerals Ltd (TSE: FM) that will facilitate the construction of a 430-MW renewable power complex for the Canadian miner's operations in Zambia.

Off-grid pay-as-you-go solar provider Bboxx has introduced a new service to provide renewable solutions to off-grid communities in Africa.

Nairobi-based apparel maker United Aryan EPZ (UAL) revealed today that it has inaugurated a 1.8-MWp rooftop solar array, saying that it the largest system of its kind in East Africa.