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Nairobi-based apparel maker United Aryan EPZ (UAL) revealed today that it has inaugurated a 1.8-MWp rooftop solar array, saying that it the largest system of its kind in East Africa.

South African utility Eskom Holdings SOC will close down roughly 30% of its existing coal-fired power generation ability over the following years and repurpose some of the websites for solar energy production.

Oil and gas giant Shell Plc (LON: SHEL) has actually finished the acquisition of Nigeria-based hybrid solar energy remedies provider Daystar Power after acquiring the needed regulatory clearances.

The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) finances innovative projects to expand sustainable energy access as part of a joint initiative with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). ADFD committed USD 350 million to support renewable energy uptake in developing countries through seven annual selection and funding cycles starting in 2013.

session. Chantelle Clohessy, from Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa; and A.K Vidal de Oliveira, from Brazil’s Fotovoltaica UFSC solar institute,

are primarily led by growth in India and Pakistan, while Japan and South Africa lag behind earlier forecasts.Polysilicon prices have declined to USD 4.70 per

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.

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.

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.

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.

EBRD and the EU have agreed on EUR 50 million in financial guarantees aimed at scaling up investment in renewables in the EU Southern Neighbourhood

The New South Wales federal government has given the thumbs approximately a 300-MW solar project proposed by the Aussie system of Spain-based Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV).

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.

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.