Africa & Middle East

PV Talk: Wood Mackenzie’s Yana Hryshko argues that MENA is emerging as a solar manufacturing hub, driven, in part, by Chinese partnerships.

Solar manufacturer United Solar has launched a polysilicon manufacturing facility in Oman, adding 100,000 metric tons of annual production capacity.

Global electricity demand is set to grow 2.5 times as fast as overall energy demand by 2030, ushering in what the International Energy Agency (IEA) has dubbed the “Age of Electricity”.

GameChange Solar is to supply its Genius trackers for the 1.2GW Bisha Solar PV Independent Power Plant in Saudi Arabia.

Figures from the Global Solar Council (GSC) suggest that Africa added 4.5GW of new solar PV capacity in 2025.

Portuguese PV cleaning specialist Chemitek Solar has launched a new solution for drone-based cleaning of agrivoltaic systems.

A 132MW solar PV project from French renewables company Voltalia has been selected by the Tunisian government for construction.

PV module defects are increasing as manufacturers struggle to achieve consistent quality through robust bill-of-material and process controls.

Solar PV solutions provider Nextpower has begun testing products in its new power-conversion line, with initial pilot deployments scheduled for later this year.

Scatec has secured a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Societe Tunisienne de l'Electricite et du Gaz (STEG) for its 120MW solar plant in Tunisia.