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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
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
South Africa proposes voluntary reduction of tariffs awarded in first three REIPPPP rounds
Power purchase agreements may be voluntarily renegotiated by extending the 20-year deals or enabling independent power producers to add more efficient PV components, thus increasing plant generation capacity.
Oct 1, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, Africa, eskom, Gwede Mantashe, Pravin Gordhan, Chris Ahlfeldt
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
Sonnedix offers South African solar operations to BTE Renewables
South African independent power producers (IPP) BTE Renewables has actually purchased Sonnedix Solar South Africa from Sonnedix Power Holdings.
Jun 10, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Sonnedix, Africa, South Africa, acquisition, bte renewables
Scatec Reaches Financial Close on 273MW South African Solar
Scatec Solar has closed financing on 3 Grootfontein solar projects in South Africa with a combined capacity of 273MW. Construction to begin Q1 of 2024 and estimated to power 100,000 households. Financed by equity and $241m of project finance debt.
Jun 30, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Scatec, Africa, South Africa, PV Power Plant
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
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
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
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
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
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