Africa & Middle East

Eni has started building a 10MW project in Tataouine, in the south of Tunisia, having started work on another 5MW plant in the same region in March.

Scatec Solar to lease clean energy system to International Organization for Migration as it eyes PV for emergency zones.

Oil-producing giant aims to diversify from heavy reliance on petroleum and natural gas.

Mineral recycling and renewable-powered mines will be backed through US$50m scheme to offset environmental impacts of race for lithium and others.

SABIC carrying out feasibility study on PV plant and moves into solar cell and battery storage development.

Nedbank Limited has become the first private sector institution in South Africa to issue a Climate Bonds Certified Renewable Energy Bond.

Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV), part of Abdul Latif Jameel Energy, has started commercial operations at the 66.7MW Al Safawi solar plant in northern Jordan, its third PV project in the country.

Italian firm Enel finishes its first project in the African country standing at 34MW capacity.

EETC wants to progress Egypt's renewable energy programme through auction-based procurement, with advice from the IFC.

Speaking at PV CellTech 2019, Dr Liyou Yang, general manager at Jinergy, says heterojunction solar remains under assessment in 2019 with certain criteria required before people make the jump to GW-scale production.