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Zimbabwe mine eyes solar amid national power crisis
Caledonia Mining wants to build a solar power plant at its Blanket gold mine in southern Zimbabwe to ward off the worst from the country's increasingly volatile power supply.
Aug 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, Africa, Zimbabwe, caledonia, blanket mine, zesa, South Africa, escom, mining
Eswatini 40 MW solar tender attracts 13 approved bidders
The regulator received 26 proposals overall for a project intended to make the kingdom less dependent on power imports from troubled South African utility Eskom.
Oct 29, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, tender, Africa, eskom, Eswatini
AMEA Power raises finance for 100MW Tunisian solar farm
African Development Bank approves loans for Kairouan project
Dec 26, 2022 // Plants, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Tunisia, Africa, amea power, solar farm
Burkina Faso launches tender for 9 MW of solar
National utility Sonabel intends to develop four solar projects in the communities of Dori, Diapaga and also Gaoua. Interested designers have up until Oct. 5 to send their proposals.
Aug 31, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, pv power plants, tender, Burkina Faso
Kenhardt: 540MW Solar+Battery Illuminating South Africa
Scatec switches on 540-MW solar & battery project in South Africa -- a groundbreaking milestone in energy production, providing 150 MW of dispatchable power each day.
Dec 12, 2023 // Storage, Scatec, Africa, South Africa
TotalEnergies Starts Construction on Hybrid Solar-Storage Site in S Africa
TotalEnergies is building a 216-MW solar-battery hybrid system, producing over 400 GWh of clean electricity, in South Africa's Northern Cape province. Set to become operational in 2025, the project will ensure a continuous supply of green electricity for local utility Eskom.
Dec 15, 2023 // Plants, Storage, TotalEnergies, S Africa
Polish solar distributor Keno Group opens branch in Romania
Polish solar products as well as modern technology provider Keno Group has set foot on the Romanian market with the opening of a regional branch in the Balkan nation, it revealed last week.
Apr 25, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Poland, Europe, Romania, Keno Group
AfDB supplies $200 million to broaden Nigerian power market
The African Development Bank has actually consented to spend $200 million to boost electrical energy gain access to in Nigeria by developing minigrids throughout the nation.
Mar 12, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, Nigeria, AfDB, Wale Shonibare
ArcelorMittal looks for solar PPAs for 150 MW in South Africa
The steel supplier intends to authorize power purchase arrangements for 6 operational sites in Vanderbijlpark, Newcastle, Vereeniging, Pretoria, Thabazimbi and Saldanha.
Jul 14, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Africa, South Africa, arcelormittal
Redflow batteries to include VPP abilities
Australia-based battery vendor Redflow has joined forces with smart-energy systems specialist carbonTRACK to include online nuclear power plant functionality to its flow batteries.
Jul 24, 2020 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, Redflow, Tim Harris, Spiros Livadaras
Russian Far East sees 75 MW of large scale solar come online
Five PV power plants, each with a generation capacity of 15 MW, were grid-connected in the Russian Republic of Buryatia and the Zabaikalsky Territory. The projects were built under a program which offers generators capacity payments and the ability to trade on the wholesale energy market.
Nov 1, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Asia, Russia, Far East
Floating solar panels on 1% of tanks 'might double' Africa's hydropower capacity
Floating solar could be a beneficial tool to assist African countries broaden their power framework sustainably, according to a new study and a power expert.
Feb 15, 2021 // Plants, Floating PV, Africa, Jenny Chase, Samuel Gyamfi, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Mohamed Adow
EGE Haina reduces ribbon on 120-MW solar farm in Dominican Republic
Dominican power producer Empresa Generadora de Electricidad Haina SA (EGE Haina) on Friday inaugurated its 120-MW Girasol solar farm in the home nation.
Jun 15, 2021 // Plants, Dominican Republic, North America, PV Power Plant, EGE Haina
Industrial park gets concession for 50-MW rooftop PV in Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic's national energy commission CNE stated on Thursday it had actually granted the definitive concession for a 50-MW/60-MWp roof solar photovoltaic (PV) project in the country.
Nov 14, 2022 // Rooftop PV, Dominican Republic, North America
EGE Haina obtains concession for 90-MWp solar project in Dominican Republic
Dominican power producer Empresa Generadora de Electricidad Haina SA (EGE Haina) has actually signed the clear-cut giving in agreement with the local nationwide power commission CNE for the 90-MWp Esperanza solar project.
Dec 15, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Dominican Republic, North America, Solar Project, EGE Haina