Africa & Middle East

November 20, 2013
Qatar will use the roofs of water reservoirs for solar energy generation Ahmed Nasser al-Nasser, technical affairs director of Kahramaa, Qatar’s general glectricity and water corporation told the Solar Qatar Summit on Monday.
November 18, 2013
The 75MW Kalkbult solar plant has become the first utility-scale PV project under South Africa’s renewable energy programme to begin generating power.
November 6, 2013
SunEdison has secured ZAR1.8 billion (US$185 million) in funding for a 60MW solar project in South Africa.
November 5, 2013
Total S.A. has become a preferred bidder in the third phase of South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) to build an 86MWp PV power plant using SunPower’s ‘Oasis Power Blocks’ integrated system.
October 31, 2013
German state development bank KfW is to provide €654 million (US$900 million) for a Moroccan CSP project.
October 31, 2013
The requirement for local content in Saudi Arabia’s early solar power tenders could mean it misses out on global cost cuts, according to IHS.
October 29, 2013
Swaziland in southern Africa is line for a 100MW solar farm, according to local media reports.
October 25, 2013
High profile solar developments have taken place recently in Dubai, Qatar and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as lofty ambitions begin to bear fruit.
October 18, 2013
Ingeteam’s South Africa subsidiary is to supply 78 of its inverters to the Sishen Solar facility in South Africa.
October 17, 2013
Electricity from solar power could be the cheapest in South Africa by 2020, according to a new report by Frost & Sullivan.

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