Africa & Middle East

State-owned UAE renewable energy company Masdar has signed an agreement with Ethiopia to build 500MW of new solar capacity in the country.

As solar power projects mature, panels increasingly lose efficiency. What do operators do with solar panels once they have reached the end of their lifespan? Will Norman finds out.

PVH has signed a deal with CEEC to supply 1.7GW of solar trackers to the 2.6GW Al Shuaibah solar project in Saudi Arabia.

Bahrain has agreed to develop a 72MW solar power project in Sakhir, which will be the country’s largest solar facility.

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority has selected Masdar to build the sixth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park.

Off-grid solar product manufacturer d.light has secured US$30 million to purchase up to US$125 million of receivable assets.

Inverter manufacturer Sungrow has signed an agreement with Indian comglomerate Larsen & Toubro to supply 2.2GW inverters for a hydrogen project in Saudi Arabia.

The state-owned Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (Masen) has opened the third tender of its solar-plus-storage Noor Midelt project.

Spanish solar tracker provider PV Hardware (PVH) has signed a supply agreement with Indian conglomerate Larsen & Toubro for 805MW of trackers.

Stuti Gupta, Solar Lead at Prescinto, an AI-powered asset performance management platform for solar, wind and energy storage assets, and Prescinto Performance Excellence Head Abhishek Puttanna on the role of artificial intelligence in monitoring and optimising photovoltaic assets.