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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
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
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
Sponsor protects concession for 50-MW solar project in Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic's energy payment CNE has actually authorized a contract that grants a definitive concession to renewables sponsor Energia Renovable BAS SRL to develop the 50-MW/73.2-MWp Washington Capital Solar Park 3.
Jul 4, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Dominican Republic, North America, Solar Project
Ecoener wins concession for 30-MW solar project in Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic's national energy commission CNE introduced on Monday it has granted the conclusive giving in for the 30-MW/36-MWp Cumayasa II solar project.
Dec 21, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Dominican Republic, North America, Solar Project, ecoener
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
India Extends US$75m credit for solar parks in Cuba
India has extended a $75m line of credit for development of PV parks in Cuba according to agreement between Cuban agency BEC and Exim Bank of India.
Jan 7, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, North America, Cuba, LoC