Africa & Middle East

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.

Swaziland in southern Africa is line for a 100MW solar farm, according to local media reports.

High profile solar developments have taken place recently in Dubai, Qatar and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as lofty ambitions begin to bear fruit.

Ingeteam’s South Africa subsidiary is to supply 78 of its inverters to the Sishen Solar facility in South Africa.

Electricity from solar power could be the cheapest in South Africa by 2020, according to a new report by Frost & Sullivan.

France is to lend €100 million to South Africa’s national utility Eskom to support the development of solar energy in the country.

German renewables project developer juwi has begun a joint venture in Dubai.

Module manufacturer JA Solar has won a contract to supply panels for a 5MW project in Israel.

Chinese solar farm developer and mounting manufacturer Powerway has agreed a joint venture with distributor Nizam Energy to develop projects in Pakistan and the Middle East.

A contract has been signed for the first solar power plant to be built in the Gulf state of Kuwait, a 280MW solar thermal power plant in Al-Abdaliya.