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Lightsource BP to co-develop 400MWp of solar capacity in Italy
The firm plans to additional bolster its presence in the Italian renewable sector through these collaborations.
Feb 4, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Italy, Lightsource BP, Europe, Giovanni Mascari
Sustainable Energy Solutions Sweden Plans Massive Solar and Storage Project in Sweden
SENS and Karlskoga are teaming up to assess the viability of a large-scale solar farm and battery storage system, aiming to bring sustainable energy solutions to the region and pave the way for a greener future.
Jan 17, 2024 // Plants, Commercial, Storage, Sweden, Europe, SENS, PV Power Plant, Karlskoga
Doral Secures $1.5B for Indiana Solar Projects Expansion
Doral Renewables secures $1.5B for Mammoth Solar, powering 275,000 homes with US-made tech by 2026.
May 16, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, PV Power Plant, doral renewables
SUNOTEC Launches Nordics Unit To Scale Grid-Friendly Solar Storage Projects
European EPC SUNOTEC unveils a Nordic division to deliver solar-plus-storage in Sweden, Finland and Norway, focusing on grid-ready designs and repeatable builds.
Sep 22, 2025 // Storage, Grids, EPC, solar-plus-storage, Sunotec, grid integration, Nordics
Renewable generation to remain below 10% in Africa by 2030
The amount of non-hydro renewables such as solar in Africa is most likely to continue to be below 10% in 2030, although there are substantial regional differences.
Jan 12, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Africa, South Africa, Namibia, renewables, University of Oxford, solar power generation, Philipp Trotter
Online marketplace Sun Exchange powers solar projects in South Africa
Sun Exchange powers solar projects at schools such as Sacred Heart College in Johannesburg
Oct 2, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Europe, Africa, North America, Sun Exchange, Abraham Cambridge
Swansea University Secures £3M for Sustainable Solar in Africa
Swansea University’s REACH-PSM project pioneers sustainable solar tech in Africa, aiming to empower communities and revolutionize energy access for millions through innovative perovskite solutions.
Jan 13, 2025 // Technology, perovskite, Africa, Swansea University
Botswana, Cameroon issue tender, sign contracts for combined 125MW of PV capacity
The African countries of Botswana and Cameroon have taken steps to add a combined 125MW of installed PV capacity to their respective national grids.
Aug 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Grids, Scatec Solar, tender, Africa, Cameroon, Botswana, Eneo, Izuba Energy, Sphynx Energy
Niger holds firm on strategy to construct solar park at diesel-fueled thermal plant
The solar plant is expected to have a capacity of up to 60 MW and also will certainly be situated at the 100 MW Gorou Banda thermal power plant appointed in 2017.
Sep 1, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Thermal, pv power plants, Africa, thermal plant, Niger
Global Landscape of Renewable Resource Money 2020
While global investments in renewable energy have climbed gradually in recent years, they remain much below the levels required to put the globe on course for a climate-safe future.
Nov 18, 2020 // Market Research
Tesla to construct 'world's biggest' battery plant near Berlin
Tesla boss Elon Musk said Tuesday that he plans to build the globe's biggest battery-cell factory at the group's electrical automobile plant near Berlin.
Nov 25, 2020 // Storage, TESLA, Elon Musk, Berlin
Univergy Solar is starting major solar power projects in Zambia
Univergy International headquartered in Spain and Japan is planning to invest over $200 million in two photovoltaic projects in Zambia.
Nov 7, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, Africa, zambia, Univergy International
Major Burkina Faso PV project secures €48.82m ‘Desert to Power’ loan
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will lend the government of Burkina Faso €48.82 million (US$54.04 million) to develop 208MWp of PV across the nation under its Desert to Power initiative.
Dec 9, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Grids, solar pv, European Union, West Africa, AfDB, African Development Bank, Burkina Faso, French Development Agency
France's Proparco Invests $10 Million in Sun King's Solar Kit Business in Africa
Proparco, a department of the French Development Agency (AFD) group, invested in a $10 million green bond that will certainly be lent to Sun King, an African solar kit seller. The Swiss influence capitalist Symbiotics Group, through its MSMR Bonds platform, issuing the green bond. A total of 309 bonds worth $2.67 billion have actually already been issued thanks to this platform.
Dec 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, solar lanterns, sun king, Proparco, Solar home systems, SHS, Solar in Africa, Solar Kit Business in Africa
Abu Dhabi Exports Office to Finance Solar Facility in West Africa
Set up by Abu Dhabi Fund for Development for financial objectives, the Abu Dhabi Exports Office (ADEX), will certainly provide loan worth AED92 million ($25 million) to augment the capacity of a solar facility in Togo, West Africa.
Dec 12, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, Togo, Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, ADEX, EMEA Power, Mohammed bin Zayed Solar Park