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The Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed solar power plant will also include a battery energy storage system to meet the demand at night.

Activities under the new Regional Emergency Solar Power Intervention Project, a US$311 million regional project for which the World Bank supports, have started in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Global energy giant EDF has bought a 23% stake in off-grid solar company Bboxx’s Kenyan business.

West African off-grid solar electricity supplier raises US$38 million to expand its operations in in Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal and Togo.

French firm Urbasolar to build 30MW solar project in the Balé province of Burkina Faso. Amea Power breaks ground on 50MW solar project in Blitta of Central Togo.

Al Nowais Investments subsidiary also pens agreement for 500MW wind project in Aswan having bagged 50MW PPA in Togo last month.

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.

BBOXX has installed a new, wide-ranging off-grid system in Togo that stands as part of the company’s Tomorrow’s Connected Community initiative.

IPP support in Nigeria and small-scale PV in South Africa among schemes awarded funds as institution approves broader US$440 million allocation.

Experts needed for project meant to deliver solar generation milestones of 2GW by 2020 and 10GW by 2030 across region.