Africa & Middle East

June 20, 2017
The Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN) has shortlisted five consortia to take part in the bidding for the first phase of the Noor Midelt solar power complex, which includes hybrid solar PV and concentrated solar power (CSP) plants.
June 20, 2017
Mumbai, Maharashtra-based engineering firm has won both the EPC and O&M contract for the world’s single largest solar PV plant – the 1,177MW Noor Abu Dhabi plant in Sweihan.
June 15, 2017
EDF Group announced Wednesday that financing for the 800MW third phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai has officially been completed.
June 12, 2017
The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has put out a tender request for a 25MW hybrid solar-diesel-storage project in Sierra Leone.
June 9, 2017
A 30MW solar PV project in Tanzania is one of the winners of Access Power’s US$7 million Access Co-Development Facility (ACF).
June 9, 2017
Whilst African solar is still firmly an emerging market, investors have confirmed that issues remain with development finance, insofar as it is holding back the market from truly taking off. Whilst development finance institutions (DFIs) are a crucial part of allowing the market to find its feet, the continent’s economic infrastructure needs to move beyond the realm of development finance for commercial financiers to be enticed.
June 8, 2017
The International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, announced Wednesday that it will provide a financial package of US$55 million to build Mozambique’s first utility-scale PV project.
June 8, 2017
Breaking up Eskom’s monopoly in South Africa’s power market is not the answer to signing the outstanding PPAs under the country’s renewable energy procurement programme, a representative from the Department of Energy (DOE) has said.
June 8, 2017
SunEQ signs PPA for 5MW Namibia project, India's Pune Metro plans 17MW solar, Adani Green Energy no longer Adani subsidiary, Cuba to get 4.4MW PV project
June 6, 2017
A total of 12 bidders have been prequalified following the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Zambia’s second round of Scaling Solar tenders for up to 300MW of PV projects.

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