Africa

Qair has secured a US$5.7 million senior debt facility to finance the development of a 5.8MW floating solar (FPV) project in Seychelles.

South Africa’s state-owned energy utility, Eskom, has issued a request for proposals for 291MW of solar capacity.

AFSIA CEO John van Zuylen told PV Tech Premium that solar power is the “ideal” technology type to improve electricity access in Africa.

The Government of Uganda has authorised EA Astrovolt to develop a 100MWp solar PV power plant, integrated with a 250MWh storage system.

Infinity Power has signed two concession agreements with the Government of Côte d'Ivoire for PV projects with a total capacity of 80MWac.

Norwegian IPP Scatec has been selected for an 846MW solar cluster in the latest REIPPPP tender from South Africa.

Analysis: Import taxes and other policy barriers are creating an affordability crisis in off-grid solar that threatens Africa's electrification goals.

GameChange Solar has announced plans to supply trackers for the 1GW second phase of the Abydos project in Egypt.

The UK government has decided it will not sign a Contract for Difference (CfD) with Xlinks for the 11.5GW Morroco-UK interconnector project.

JUWI Renewable Energies, a subsidiary of German construction group JUWI, has signed a 220MW solar module supply agreement with JA Solar.