Africa & Middle East

“We have copper shortages, aluminium shortages [and] all kinds of raw materials are struggling,” says the GEA's John Mitchell.

Chinese solar manufacturering giant JinkoSolar has signed two solar module supply agreements totalling 600MW in Nigeria. 

South African renewables developer Pele Green Energy and French firm Engie have inaugurated a 75MW solar PV project in the Northern Cape region.

Work has begun on the 500MW Maun solar-plus-storage project in Botswana, which will be a cornerstone of the country's plan to reach 1.5GW of operational renewable energy capacity by the end of the decade.

According to Ember's Global Electricity Review 2026, renewables accounted for 33.8% of global power generation in 2025.

EBRD backs HAU Energy with US$65 million loan for 200MW solar PV and 120MWh storage project in Benban, Egypt.

Oman-based renewables firm Naqaa Sustainable Energy has been named as the lead developer of a 500MW PV plant in Botswana.

Despite PV’s maturity, a new paper argues that its growing global significance makes ongoing research essential.

French renewables company Voltalia has fully commissioned the 148MW Bolobedu solar farm in Limpopo province, South Africa.

The world added more than 200GW of new utility-scale solar PV capacity in 2025, according to figures from Wiki-Solar.