Africa & Middle East

March 18, 2016
Saudi Arabia’s energy minister has said he believes it will be impossible to keep fossil fuel resources “in the ground” even in the next 50 years but nonetheless sees his country as an ideal potential manufacturer-exporter of PV panels.
March 18, 2016
PV manufacturing capacity expansions planned this year are expected to push production levels beyond anticipated demand in 2016, creating further cost pressures for suppliers.
March 18, 2016
National renewable energy targets from nearly 200 United Nations member states will be assessed at the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) in May as part of the Paris Agreement on climate action.
March 17, 2016
A 90MW PV project has been completed and inaugurated in South Africa under the country's flagship renewable energy programme.
March 14, 2016
Leading companies in the solar power sector are invited to participate at the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) in May to demonstrate the latest developments in the industry.
March 3, 2016
One in three off-grid households worldwide will use solar products by 2020, according to a new report from the World Bank and Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).
February 29, 2016
Swiss developer HopSol has selected First Solar modules for a 5MW project in Namibia, south-west Africa.
February 29, 2016
Market research firm IHS remains bullish on the global solar PV market in 2016, forecasting installations to reach 69GW in 2016.
February 22, 2016
Chinese manufacturer JA Solar has been chosen as the sole module supplier for an 86MW PV power plant in South Africa.
February 19, 2016
Renewable energy was the basis of half of all global power transactions last year with 245 deals adding up to US$68 billion and a particular focus on wind and solar, according to a new report from EY.

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