A just-commissioned solar and battery storage system will reduce diesel consumption by at least 80% at a base for 300 humanitarian workers in South Sudan managed by UN migration body IOM.
The outgoing Obama administration made a push for renewables by passing a regulation by the Interior Department that could boost wind and solar projects built on public lands in California, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah.
Banking and asset management group Investec has agreed to finance US$120 million worth of solar leases and power purchase agreements (PPAs) for renewable energy and energy efficiency finance group Spruce Finance.
