Africa & Middle East

The largest solar-plus-storage project in the Southern Hemisphere explains South Africa's effort to mitigate its energy security situation.

Khajeh Nasir Toosi University of Technology reserachers have developed ‘half-tandem’ solar cells with a power conversion efficiency of 27.63%.

Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) has issued a request for proposals (RFPs) for a 1.5GW solar PV plant in Abu Dhabi.

Japanese power company Jera has created a subsidiary that will develop 20GW of renewable capacity by 2035.

GameChange Solar and Jiangsu Zhenjiang New Energy Equipment (JZNEE) will build a new tracker manufacturing facility in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

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.