Africa & Middle East

The German Solar Association (BSW-Solar) and the Becquerel Institute have posted a report on the solar markets in 10 African countries at Intersolar Europe, shedding light on what could be a decade headlined by growth across the continent when it comes to the development of PV energy.

Debt instrument can bring benefits compared to conventional project finance but smaller players face steep learning curve, says Intersolar panel.

Free-market success will require accepting merchant risks and even ‘reverse subsidy’ logic of paying for grid access, say developers, investors and utilities gathered at Munich event.

JAKS MoU to buy 49.5MW Vietnam solar project, ReneSola provides 5.4MW of mono PERC modules to Helexia in Belgium, SECI delays PV manufacturing-linked tender again, Renewables to help Iran water scarcity.

SEIA calls for ‘cultural change’ as stats depict white male-dominated industry and Momentum Solar becomes latest firm to face discrimination court case.

Ethiopia’s PPP-DG has decided to scale up Round 2 of its Scaling Solar programme from four to six PV projects.

EDF signs PPA for 60MW PV project near Athens, Daystar Power partners with Swedish investment platform to finance solar in West Africa, Solar energy from Total to power GAC Dubai’s warehouses.

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.