Africa & Middle East

Scatec has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company for a 1GW solar-plus-storage project.

Namibian utility NamPower has secured financing and EPC contractors for its 100MW Rosh Pinah solar PV project.

EliTe Solar has announced plans to build an 8GW cell and module manufacturing facility in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) in Egypt.

The Q3 2024 edition of our downstream solar PV journal, PV Tech Power, is now available to download, focussing on the US grid.

Algeria’s state-owned power utility, Sonelgaz, proposed the 2GW plan to build 15 PV projects across the country.

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.