Africa & Middle East

Off-grid solar company Sun King has revealed plans to set up manufacturing operations in Kenya and Nigeria.

Wood Mackenzie has warned of a supply bottleneck as the renewable energy shift drives a spike in global copper demand over the next decade.

A report by IRENA and others has highlighted the need for yearly renewable energy deployments to almost double between now and 2030.

France’s Engie and the UAE’s Masdar have been chosen to jointly develop a 1.5GW PV power plant near Abu Dhabi.

Two Chinese state-owned energy enterprises have signed cooperation agreements on PV and wind power projects with Saudi companies, with the total contract value exceeding RMB30 billion (US$4.2 billion). 

Officials from Norway and Egypt have agreed provisional terms for the financing of the Dandara solar park in Egypt, which is being built and operated by Norwegian IPP Scatec.

PV products using perovskite technology could assume a dominant position within the next ten years, according to module producer Qcells' CTO.

PV Talk: Qcells’ CTO Danielle Merfeld discusses the imminent opening of America’s first integrated c-Si ingot-to-module factory and her belief in solar’s long-term strengths.

The insurance industry must adapt to evolving risks to head off a 'protection gap' that could undermine the global green energy transition.

Chinese solar firm SoleFiori (Hongjun New Energy) has signed an agreement with the Saudi Arabian government to build a 6GW heterojunction technology (HJT) module production facility in the country.