Africa & Middle East

TotalEnergies has completed works on the 800MW “Al Kharsaah” solar power plant near Doha in Qatar and is already connected to the grid.

Corporate funding in the global solar sector was dampened by inflation and high interest rates during the first nine months of the year, according to research from Mercom Capital Group.

South African public utility Eskom has signed lease agreements with four independent power producers for the production of renewable energy.

As Israel faces limited available space for new utility-scale solar projects, repowering older plants is a trend that’s set to grow.

Installed solar PV capacity globally will grow 20-fold by 2050, when the technology will represent 38% of all electricity production, according to a new DNV report.

Voltalia has signed a corporate power purchase agreement with mining company Richard Bay Minerals, subsidiary of Rio Tinto, in South Africa.

German developer Belectric has signed an EPC contract with independent power producer Enlight for Israel's “largest” repowering solar project.

Anglo American and EDF Renewables have partnered to form a new jointly owned company, Envusa Energy, to develop renewables projects in South Africa.

Energy major Shell will acquire Daystar Power, an Africa-based commercial and industrial (C&I) solar provider.