Africa & Middle East

Qatari state-owned petroleum company QatarEnergy has revealed plans for a 2GW “mega” PV project in the Dukhan area of the country.

In its 3Q 2024 Global PV Market Outlook, the commodity market research firm BNEF has revised its target for solar PV additions in 2024 to reach 592GW.

Construction is expected to start in November, with the 2GW module assembly plant built in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Zvi Lando had been in the post for five years and served as SolarEdge’s VP of global sales for ten years prior to that.

A consortium led by the China Energy Engineering Corporation (CEEC) has signed an EPC contract for the 2GW Haden PV project in Saudi Arabia.

China accounted for more than half of the 536GW of solar PV inverters shipped globally in 2023, due to the country's solar growth last year.

The partnership aims to build two solar PV plants - Sidi Bouzid and Tozeur solar projects – each with 60MW of capacity.

UAE-based renewable power developer AMEA Power has started construction at the 24MW Ituka solar project in Uganda.

The long-term debt financing will enable ManoCap to consolidate its business in Ghana and Sierra Leone and expand into neighbouring markets.

The company said that the new facility would produce 8GW of solar modules and 2GW of cells in the Sohar free port region of Oman.