Africa & Middle East

A new joint venture targeting India’s PV-diesel hybrid market has been established between a US independent power producer and an Italian engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm.

Qatar Solar Energy (QSE), which recently announced the opening of a 300MW integrated PV module manufacturing plant, will use GT Advanced Technologies' next-generation ‘HiCz 200’ continuous feeding monocrystalline puller technology, the equipment supplier has confirmed.

The International Photovoltaic Equipment Association (IPVEA) has elected a number of new members to its board during its AGM during Intersolar Europe.

Kenya has lifted VAT charges on all solar equipment imported into the East African country.

The energy minister of Namibia, southern Africa, has called for greater deployment of solar to provide power in off-grid locations.

German EPC firm IBC Solar is stepping up its attention on the Middle East market.

The first vertically integrated PV manufacturer in the MENA region, Qatar Solar Energy (QSE), has officially opened a 300MW PV module production plant, located in a Doha industrial zone, Qatar.

MAECI Solar, a subsidiary of Management and Economic Consulting, has been chosen by the government of Equatorial Guinea to install a 5MW PV project on Annobon Province, an island off the coast of the African nation.

Energy developer, Joule Africa, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of Cameroon to construct a 100MW solar power plant.

PV developer SolarReserve has completed and put into full operation two 75MW PV plants in South Africa.