Africa & Middle East

Masdar has signed an agreement to acquire and develop a 550MW solar PV project from Lightsource bp in Greece.

Scatec and the EBRD have signed a share purchase agreement establishing a renewable energy investment platform for Egypt.

The Shanxi Installation Group has selected Spanish engineering consultancy IDOM to design its 500MW Al Kamil I Solar Project in Oman.

The EBRD has announced a US$265 million loan for a new 1.2GW solar PV plant, to be co-located with a 600MWh BESS, in Minya, Egypt.

Pan-African renewables developer Axian Energy has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with energy aggregator and trader Africa GreenCo in Zambia.

As solar PV continues to grow globally, the technology is set to become the largest contributor to the world’s electricity mix from 2031, according to a report from technical and safety expert DNV.

A 250MW solar park in the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Royal Reserve will be the site of a scheme to reintroduce endangered sand gazelles into the wild.

Industry experts in China discussed at TÜV Rheinland's summit on how solar PV and energy storage industry can move beyond price competition.

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Abu Dhabi’s utility, Emirates Water and Electricity (EWEC), is targeting more than 35GW of solar capacity by 2035.