Africa & Middle East

March 22, 2017
Africa’s solar market will accelerate just fine, independent of any financial incentives, a market developer has said.
March 22, 2017
Solar lighting and power product designer d.light announced Tuesday that its D30 Pay-Go home system has sold 120,000 units within the first six months of its October 2016 global launch.
March 21, 2017
Alongside finance and political considerations, customer education has been identified as a key driver of Africa’s emerging commercial and industrial (C&I) solar sector, according to market experts.
March 21, 2017
HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, officially inaugurated the 200MW second phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park Monday.
March 20, 2017
A 50:50 joint venture formed by ‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member Hanwha Q CELLS and Turkish firm Kalyon Enerji has been awarded a 1GW local content solar project in the Karapınar region in Turkey at a tariff of US$0.0699/kWh.
March 20, 2017
The route to decarbonisation in the energy sector will create benefits of US$10 trillion every year by 2050, while requiring only US$1.8 trillion to implement, according to a new joint report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
March 20, 2017
Phoenix Solar, a German international PV systems integrator, has established a subsidiary in Turkey in a new strategy to be close to its Middle Eastern customers.
March 17, 2017
In a manual directly aimed at policy makers, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has sought to debunk various myths about integrating wind and solar to the grid, while also providing solutions to bona fide problems that can arise.
March 16, 2017
ET Solutions, a subsidiary of ET Energy, announced Wednesday that it has started construction on a 60.9MW solar power project in Jordan for ACWA Power — a Saudi-based independent power producer.
March 15, 2017
French solar developer Neoen announced that it has signed off on a power purchase agreement (PPA) for a 54MW PV project in Zambia.

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