Africa & Middle East

The consortium building the Al Sadawi PV power plant in Saudi Arabia has reached financial close on the 2GW project.

Investment fund Stonepeak has launched a new Middle Eastern renewables platform headed up by a former executive at Jinko Power.

The World Bank has approved a loan and investment worth up to US$250 million for United Solar’s planned polysilicon production plant in Oman.

South Africa’s state-owned energy utility, Eskom, has issued a request for proposals for 291MW of solar capacity.

A new MIT study has shown how many of the dramatic reductions in PV costs in the past 50 years were the result of innovations originating outside the solar industry.

AFSIA CEO John van Zuylen told PV Tech Premium that solar power is the “ideal” technology type to improve electricity access in Africa.

The Government of Uganda has authorised EA Astrovolt to develop a 100MWp solar PV power plant, integrated with a 250MWh storage system.

Infinity Power has signed two concession agreements with the Government of Côte d'Ivoire for PV projects with a total capacity of 80MWac.

The RMI has published updated guidance on how resilience to damage from tropical cyclones can be built into all PV systems.

Risen Energy’s Bob Hao discusses the company’s latest range of integrated energy solutions and recent developments in HJT module technology.