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Mauritius Invites Tenders for 140MW Solar Plus Storage
The Central Electricity Board (CEB) of Mauritius has issued 2 different tenders for 100MW and 40MW capacities. The Mauritius Government wishes to enhance the share of renewable energy in the energy basket to greater than 35 per cent by 2025.
Mar 23, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, PPA, IRENA, Africa, power purchase agreement, narendra modi, bhel, International Renewable Energy Agency, CEB, Mauritius, Central Electricity Board, Mauritius solar power tender, Pravind Kumar Jugnauth
B'desh Introduces $218.7 Mn Eco-friendly Makeover Fund to Deal Easy Funding for Solar Developers
With a purpose to make funding quickly offered post-coronavirus, Bangladesh has actually presented a USD 218.7 million (EUR 200 million) Green Transformation Fund (GTF) to ensure that soft car loans can be offered to solar programmers, various other green items and also importers of Eurozone's power effectiveness parts.
May 5, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Bangladesh, Asia, Globaldata, International, Somik Das, Green Transformation Fund
Bihar (BERC) Gives Green Signal to 600 MW Solar Purchases From SECI
BERC has allowed the procurement at a tariff of Rs 2.50/ kWh as well as the trading margin has been kept at Rs 0.07 for every kWh. The commission order located that SECI tariff was competitive and also less than DISCOMs' average cost of power purchase for financial year 2022-23.
Jan 2, 2023 // Tariffs, India, SECI, Asia, BERC, Bihar, Bihar Electricity Regulation Commission, Bihar State Power Holding Company, BSPHC, Renewable Purchase Obligation, SBE Renewable Fifteen
Rajesh Exports Signs Agreement With Centre & Karnataka For 5GWh Lithium Cells Factory
The company stated that it was selected by the Central Government as one among the 3 successful participants in the Rs. 18,100 Crores PLI Scheme for production of Advanced Chemistry Cells. It will certainly get support from the Centre and also Karnataka state for the setting up of the 5 GWh Giga Factory.
Jan 25, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Lithium-ion batteries, India, Asia, lithium-ion cells, ACC Energy Storage Pvt Ltd, Advanced Chemistry Cells., battery PLI, Central government, Giga Factory, gold business, Karnataka state government, Rajesh Exports, Rajesh Mehta, REL
NOA Secures Funding for South Africa's Largest Solar Park
NOA Group powers up South Africa's energy future with a 349-MW solar project, marking a milestone in the nation's renewable journey.
Jun 9, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Africa, South Africa, PV Power Plant, NOA Group
Globeleq Finalizes Africa's Largest Battery Storage Project
Red Sands: Africa's largest battery storage project powers South Africa's green future with 153 MW capacity, boosting energy reliability and sustainability.
Jun 30, 2025 // Storage, Africa, Globeleq
AfDB, Qair Partner on 18-MW Solar Project in Burkina Faso
SEFA and Qair join forces to power Burkina Faso with an 18-MW solar project, boosting clean energy access and local job creation.
Jul 29, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Burkina Faso, PV Power Plant, Qair, SEFA
Absa Backs Ghana's 100-MW Solar Plant
Absa Group provides USD-24-million corporate loan to construct a 100-MW solar power plant in Ghana led by West Africa-focused PV developer Meinergy Technology Limited. This loan supports Ghana's renewable energy capacity & energy needs.
Aug 8, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Africa, PV Power Plant, Ghana, Absa Group
Greenco Seals 25MW Solar Project in Zambia
Africa Greenco Group secures 25-MW solar PPA in Zambia: US$37m investment to bring clean energy to Sesheke district in 2025.
Dec 8, 2023 // Plants, Africa, zambia, PV Power Plant, Greenco
Zimbabwe gold mine to be powered by PV
Caledonian Mining has exposed strategies to build a $13 million solar plant at the Blanket golden goose in southern Zimbabwe. It elevated funds for the project via a share sale.
Sep 8, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, pv power plants, Africa, Zimbabwe, Caledonia Mining
Gambia plans 150 MW solar project with 20 MWh storage option
The solar park will be connected to the Soma substation, a piece of grid infrastructure expected to increase electricity access in the country to 60%. The project will add to 30 MW of other solar facilities under development in the West African nation.
Oct 1, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, storage, Africa, Gambia, ECOWAS, National Water & Electricity Company Ltd
Stock markets pumped $1.3bn into solar in the last quarter
Fundraising activity for solar leaped in the July-to-September period to provide healthy quarterly and year-so-far comparisons on 2018.
Oct 8, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Mercom Capital Group, bboxx, Raj Prabhu, ReNew Power
Burkina Faso gold mines to get 13 MW solar-plus-storage
Renewable energy is rapidly being adopted by mining companies as the combination of off-grid power and cheaply available renewables offers a strong business case.
Oct 23, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Total Eren, PV plant, solar-plus-storage, Africa, nordgold, Burkina Faso, Nikolai Zelenski
Nigeria to construct new solar-powered mini grids
PowerGen has completed installation of a new Nigeria-based mini grid and is planning the development of 9 other projects, all supported by the World Bank.
Dec 30, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Grids, Policy, Africa, Nigeria, PowerGen, Niger
Two new solar panel factory to be developed
According to the first annual report of the Commissariat for Renewable Energies and also Energy Efficiency (Cerefe), 2 new factories for the manufacturing of photovoltaic panels will certainly quickly see the light of day in Algeria. These installments developed by Milltech and also Zergoun Green Energy can provide 260 MWp of solar panels per year.
Dec 8, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Africa, Algeria, plant