US environmental EPC contractor Tetra Tech has received US$84 million in additional contract funds from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to expand the US government-led Power Africa programme.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is considering providing a senior secured loan of up to US$26.1 million for the construction of Sunrise Solar Energy’s 50MW solar PV plant in Jordan.
More than half of the 4 million solar products sold by member companies in the Global Off-grid Lighting Association (GOGLA) in the second half of 2015 were in Sub-Saharan Africa, the association has reported.
PV monitoring solutions provider meteocontrol and solar EPC firm Phoenix Solar have established a partnership that focuses on the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT).
Solar radiation measurement solutions provider Kipp & Zonen has acquired Black Photon Instruments’ AirShield DNI for use in its pyrheliometers in dry and dusty environments.
Iran has published new feed-in-tariffs (FiTs) for solar PV including a new category for solar projects of greater than 30MW in size, according to the renewable energy organisation of Iran (SUNA).
French renewables firm Engie, formerly GDF Suez, the largest independent power producer in the world, recently signed a long-term PPA for a 100MW concentrated solar power (CSP) project in South Africa.
Masdar’s five small-scale solar energy projects are to be inaugurated this week in the Pacific Island countries and territories under the US$50 million UAE-Pacific Partnership Fund (UAE-PPD).
Italian renewable energy firm Enertronica has acquired a US$7.98 million 6MW PV plant in Namibia, under a 25-year PPA with NamPower, at an initial value of US$1.37kWh.
