Africa & Middle East

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and partners to deliver directly 2GW of the total pipeline, with plans to host a public tender for 600MW.

Development financier tells PV Tech why innovation makes sense in fiercely competitive PV region despite risks of untried technology.

Global unit shipments of single-axis PV trackers increased by over 40% in 2018 en route to surpassing the 20GW threshold for the first time.

ACWA Power continues its success in the Gulf with a victory in Oman.

Both projects will contribute to cutting down on gas use at existing turbines, while the Tunisia system will be combined with battery energy storage.

Loan to help FinLux Ellen Sarl allocate kits and appliances to schools, hospitals, businesses and households.

President Lungu cuts red ribbon of 54MW Bangwelulu project, the first to be tendered, financed and built under the World Bank’s Scaling Solar programme.

Agreements combining solar and wind to become a reality given their ability to mitigate intermittency costs, says WBCSD report.

Land acquisition, corruption and short-termism complicate scaling up solar and others with the speed required by climate change, London event hears.

RP Global, an independent renewable energy developer and majority shareholder of JUMEME Rural Power Supply has commenced construction on the first phase of a solar-hybrid mini-grid project in Tanzania.