Africa & Middle East

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.

Facility would offer insurance protection to small and mid-sized renewable energy projects in Madagascar's bid to double power by 2030 through clean energy.

The first 25MW will supply power directly to a ferrochrome smelting firm in SOHAR Free Zone.

Proventus providing €80 million credit facility to Better Energy, ADFD approves US$10M for rural electrification project in Burkina Faso, SolarHome raises US$ 1 million from Trirec.

Two financing institutions recognise the need for solar proliferation in remote, rural parts of the Sahel and West Africa.