Africa & Middle East

Pure New Energy (PNE) has sold the 240MW Khauta solar project in South Africa to the NOA Group, an energy company based in the country.

Japanese conglomerate Toyota Tsusho Corporation has established a new joint venture (JV) seeking to develop renewable energy projects across Africa.

Solar inverter supplier Solaredge has acquired Wevo Energy, an electric vehicle (EV) charging software startup.

Record renewables capacity additions and the progress in the energy transition last year are insufficient to meet the 1.5°C scenario.

The polysilicon factory will have an annual production capacity of 100,000 tons and is expected to be operational in 2025.

Digitalisation offers PV plant operators the opportunity to shift from preventive to predictive maintenance practices. Eduardo Sarquis reports on research aimed at shedding further light on the system performance benefits of moving to a predictive O&M strategy.

Unpredictable environmental changes such as cloud coverage and dust particles are related to frequent changes in solar radiation at a site.

Solar PV capacity was the most awarded renewables through government tenders last year, accounting for 44% of the total volume with 61GW.

TrinaTracker, has launched an updated version of its Vanguard 1P Smart Tracking Solution, featuring hardware and software upgrades aimed at improving installation efficiency, system stability and long-term reliability.

Teraco has also secured its first grid capacity allocation from South Africa state-operated utility Eskom.