Africa & Middle East

Mini-grids are expected to play a crucial role in achieving complete electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa.

PV Tech Power 41 is out now and tackles the “hope and hype” of perovskite PV, a technology inching ever closer to commercialisation.

UAE-based renewable power developer AMEA Power has commissioned a 500MW solar PV plant in the Aswan governorate, Egypt.

TotalEnergies has sold a 50% stake in a 2GW US solar and energy storage portfolio and acquired German renewable energy developer VSB Group.

Masdar acquired 70% of Terna Energy’s outstanding shares at €20 per share, valuing the company at an enterprise value of €3.2 billion.

SolarEdge has closed its utility-scale battery storage division, resulting in a layoff of roughly 12% of its total workforce.

PV Talk: Despite the gloomy headlines emanating from the recent COP29 climate negotiations, Global Solar Council CEO Sonia Dunlop tells Tom Kenning how for solar PV the picture was brighter, with progress made on grids, storage and the cost of capital.

Shanghai Electric has won the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to build the 2GW Al-Sadawi PV project in Saudi Arabia.

Helena Li, president at Trinasolar, spoke with PV Tech about diversifying solar manufacturing and localising products for specific markets.

Masdar plans to develop including over 6GW of new solar capacity and 4GW of new solar manufacturing capacity in Egypt.