Africa & Middle East

Africa imported over 15GW of panels from China in the 12 months to June 2025, a 60% increase over the imports recorded in the prior year.

Saudi developer ACWA Power has started commercial operations of a 2.7GW solar PV portfolio in its home country.

Qair has secured a US$5.7 million senior debt facility to finance the development of a 5.8MW floating solar (FPV) project in Seychelles.

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.