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French developer Qair will certainly begin constructing a 5.8 MW floating solar array later on this year on a shallows on the East African country's major island. It declares the setup will certainly be the globe's biggest floating PV project to be improved deep sea upon conclusion.

Scatec Solar has been awarded three solar power plant projects in Tunisia totaling approximately 360 MW, following an international tender launched earlier.

BBOXX has successfully closed a US$50 million Series D funding round that will see the next generation utility company accelerate its global expansion efforts.

DEG is funding the USA-based Husk Power Systems with $750,000 to develop eight community solar micro-grids in Nigeria. Husk Power Systems is already running 12 micro-grids in the West African country.

Nairobi-based green energy distributor Safi Power has appointed a 400 kWp roof solar system at the Coastal Bottlers plant in Mombasa, Kenya. The new installment will help the soft drinks bottler in transitioning one of its PET assembly line to a cleaner source of energy.

Enfinity Global has recently acquired solar assets in Colorado, producing enough to power 57,000 US households. $380 million raised to continue renewable energy development.

Libya has actually approved authorisation to Ireland-based power producer AG Energy to construct a 200-MW solar park in the Ghadames town in the northwest of the country.

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.

Dubai-based clean power manufacturer AMEA Power revealed today it has actually attained financial close for a 26.6-MW solar project in Burkina Faso.

French financial investment bank Bpifrance has come to be an investor in compatriot Qair after participating in a financing round sustaining the renewable power manufacturer's growth in the domestic and also international markets.

International energy gigantic EDF has actually purchased a 23% stake in off-grid solar company Bboxx's Kenyan business.

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.

South African renewable energy firm Solar Capital Orange (Pty) Ltd has begun the commercial operation of a 75-MW solar power plant in the Northern Cape province, it introduced today.

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A World Bank presentation in London drew an encouraging picture for the Nigerian market by explaining why the mini grid segment will take off in the next 12 months.