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Dominican Republic gives giving in for 110-MW solar project
CNE, the Dominican Republic's nationwide power commission, has issued a definitive giving in for the 110-MW/131-MWp Coastal Solar solar (PV) project to be located in the province of San Pedro de Macoris.
Jan 2, 2023 // Plants, Dominican Republic, North America, Solar Project
Dominican Republic: SUNfarming to Build 50 MW Agro-Solar Farm
SUNfarming invests $150 million in a 72,400 MWh solar farm, scheduled for completion by 2022. Get the latest details on this ambitious project.
Jul 28, 2023 // Plants, Dominican Republic, North America, PV Power Plant, SUNfarming
Masdar to create 70MW Côte d'Ivoire solar plant
Agreement authorized as part of Etihad 7 effort for 20GW of renewable energy capacity in Africa
Mar 13, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Masdar, PV Power Plant
Nuru: Lighting Up DRC's Urban Areas with Solar
Renewable energy-powered metrogrid company Nuru has secured $40 million in Series B equity funding to construct 13.7 MWp of projects in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, providing reliable and renewable energy to urban communities and promoting climate resilience and sustainable development.
Jul 4, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, ifc, Africa, GEAPP, Nuru
Nigeria powers up Africa’s ‘largest off-grid solar hybrid’
The latest project to be switched on in Nigeria’s solar electrification programme for universities is also thought to be the largest ‘hybrid’ plant of its kind on the African continent so far, inaugurated this week at Bayero University Kano (BUK).
Sep 8, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, solar pv, off-grid solar, Africa, microgrid, Nigeria, off-grid pv, renewable integration, rural electrification
Q Cells to outfit biggest part of 370-MW solar park in Angola
Solar items firm Q Cells has actually begun shipping "large amounts" of solar (PV) modules of what it claims is the "backbone" of a 370-MW solar project in Angola.
Apr 20, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Q CELLS, Africa, Angola, Solar Park
Shell inks deal to purchase Nigerian solar company Daystar Power
Oil and gas titan Shell Plc (LON: SHEL) has accepted acquire Nigeria-based hybrid solar energy remedies company Daystar Power in a bargain noting its initial power acquisition in Africa.
Sep 29, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, Nigeria, shell, PV Power Plant, Daystar Power
South Africa plans to allocate at least 6 GW of large scale solar by 2030
That would take the country to 8.28 GW of generation capacity by the end of the next decade with the government stating up to 6 GW of small scale capacity could be required on top. By that stage, however, coal would still amount to 43% of generation capacity and gas and diesel a combined 8.1%, under the new Integrated Resource Plan.
Oct 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Africa
Sweden's Midsummer ships CIGS solar cell production line to Russia
Swedish thin-film solar modern technology firm Midsummer AB (STO: MIDS) claimed it has provided the initial solar cell production line to a consumer in Russia as part of its framework agreement with Russian innovation team Rusnano.
Feb 9, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Sweden, Europe, Asia, Russia, Midsummer AB, CIGS solar cell
Sudan indicators MOU for building and construction of 500 MW of solar power firms
The federal government of Sudan has authorized with the United Arab Emirates especially the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, a memorandum of comprehending for the building and construction of solar energy companies with an overall ability of 500 MW. The MoU was signed on Sunday the 1st of November 2020 by the Sudanese preacher of energy and mining, Khairy Abdul Rahmanhas, and the basic director of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, Mohamed Saif Al Suwaidi.
Nov 4, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, Abu Dhabi, Sudan, Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, Khairy Abdul Rahmanhas, Mohamed Saif Al Suwaidi
South Africa increases licensing exception threshold for ingrained generation
South Africa's solar market has welcomed a new reform that will certainly raise the nation's licensing exception limit for ingrained generation projects from 1MW to 100MW.
Jun 12, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Grids, Policy, Africa, South Africa, embedded generation, sapvia, commercial and industrial
Qair signs 5.8-MWp floating solar PPA in Seychelles
French independent renewable power manufacturer Qair stated today it has authorized a power acquisition agreement (PPA) for a 5.8-MWp floating solar plant in the Seychelles, bringing to an end settlements that began in November 2019 when it won a tender for the project.
Apr 5, 2023 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, PPA, Africa, Seychelles, Qair, pv floating plant
Gore Street seeks battery war chest
Capital increased will certainly go towards completion of a near-term acquisition and growth of its Irish projects
Apr 7, 2021 // Storage, UK, Europe, Gore Street, Alex O'Cinneide
Solar+ BESS Project in Palau by Philippines' RE Firm Altenergy Headed Towards Completion
Philippines-based leading representative of solar photovoltaic or pv products as well as battery storage solutions Alternergy has shared that a solar PV and also battery storage project in the Republic of Palau, is headed towards completion. The solar hybrid project is for15.3-megawatt peak solar photovoltaic or pv as well as 12.9-megawatt-hour battery energy storage system in the Ngatpang state on Babeldaob, Palau's biggest island.
Dec 20, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, Oceania, North America, Altenergy, Export Finance Australia, Palau, solar hybrid project, Solar Pacific
Sunlit Ambitions: LONGi Panels Chosen for New Dominican Solar Boom
Elecnor selects LONGi’s Hi-MO 9 panels for the 60-MW Esperanza 2 solar farm in the Dominican Republic, boosting clean-energy capacity and slashing annual CO₂ emissions.
Jul 17, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, LONGi, Dominican Republic, North America, elecnor, EGE, Haina