Africa & Middle East

The global annual capital expenditure on PV manufacturing equipment is expected to more than double to US$43.8 billion over the next decade, according to a report from VDMA.

Global solar PV installations reached 647GW in 2025, up 11% from the previous year, according to data from think tank Ember.

South African independent power producer (IPP) Anthem has begun construction on a 475MW solar PV project, the “largest” single-phase solar site in South Africa.

The Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN) has started construction on the 305MW Noor Atlas solar PV portfolio.

US solar tracker producer GameChange Solar will supply 258MWp worth of solar trackers to a solar-plus-storage project in Egypt.

Solargik's Morag Am-Shallem, Greg Ravikovich and Eitan Har-Shoshanim examine how AI addresses the challenge of data overload in solar PV.

Elsewedy Electric has completed and handed over the 348.6MWp El Saad solar plant, which has now officially entered its operations and maintenance phase.

Scatec, in partnership with Aeolus SAS (Aeolus) have achieved commercial operations for the 60MW Sidi Bouzid solar plant in Tunisia.

Trade body the Global Renewables Alliance has called for measures to fast-track the deployment of solar and other renewables amidst the Middle East crisis.

PV Tech Research’s annual ranking of the top ten PV module manufacturers reveals some signs of recovery after a turbulent 2025, writes Moustafa Ramadan.