Africa & Middle East

Egypt aims to accelerate the approval process for new renewables capacity to be constructed in the country.

Total global corporate funding for solar on the other hand is down year-on-year, according to Mercom Capital Group.

Saudi Arabia's PIF has signed two solar PV manufacturing agreements with Chinese manufacturers JinkoSolar and TCL Zhonghuan Renewable Energy.

Chinese solar manufacturing giant JinkoSolar will build a 10GW n-type solar cell and module manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia.

North America is expected to be the major market for solar trackers in the upcoming years driven by increased installations in the US.

Chinese solar module manufacturer Jinko Solar has secured two contracts to supply 150MW of modules to two solar PV projects in Algeria.

IRENA has found that the world’s renewable power capacity will need to increase by 16.4%, year-on-year, to meet the world’s climate targets.

Indian EPC firm Larsen & Toubro has secured contracts to build two solar PV plants in the Middle East with a combined capacity of 3.5GW.

French renewable energy company Voltalia has signed a framework agreement to develop over 2.5GW of solar PV and wind capacity in Egypt to support green hydrogen production.

The Saudi Power Procurement Company has signed PPAs with three companies for solar projects with a combined capacity of 5.5GW.