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Energy Storage
Fluence, Siemens and Litgrid partner for Baltics’ energy storage pilot
7 Apr 2021“Virtual Transmission Line” pilot will demonstrate benefits of storage at the transmission level and support Lithuania’s...
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International
Record 260GW of new renewables deployed in 2020 globally: IRENA
7 Apr 202180 per cent of all new electricity capacity added last year was renewable, with solar and...
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Investment & Finance
UK grants £3 million for 10 climate change mitigation projects in S.Africa
6 Apr 2021The funding is to help South Africa's climate change mitigation efforts
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Solar
Mali gives the green light for construction of two solar plants
6 Apr 2021The construction of the Ségou and Fana solar power plants aligns with Mali's solar energy roadmap
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Investment & Finance
Sun Exchange raises $1.4 million for Zimbabwe solar-plus-storage project
5 Apr 2021A 510 kW solar system and a 1 MWh battery storage facility will power Zimbabwe's Nhimbe...
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Policy
Bid Documentation for SA’s renewables tender delayed: DMRE
1 Apr 2021Documentation for Bid Window 5 RFP to be released not later than 12 April 2021
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International
JinkoSolar unveils 415 W PV panel for Distributed Generation Market
1 Apr 2021The new Tiger Pro modules feature a re-design in terms of size and weight
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Investment & Finance
USTDA funds Nigeria mini-grid project with 200,000 women beneficiaries
1 Apr 2021Women in three Nigerian states will benefit gain energy access through the off-grid energy systems
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Solar
CrossBoundary sets up solar PV systems for breweries in Ghana & Nigeria
31 Mar 2021The two breweries to enjoy affordable clean power supplied by CrossBoundary under 15-year power purchase agreements...
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Mega Read
Why SA’s electricity blackouts are set to continue for the next 5 years
31 Mar 2021The energy availability factor is currently at about 65%. This means that on average 35% of...
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Solar
Zimbabwe offering 5-year tax breaks to Solar Energy investors
30 Mar 2021The country is hoping woo renewable energy investors through policy reforms and incentives
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Hydro
Scatec investing $11.6bn in renewables, targets 15GW capacity by 2025
29 Mar 2021The company's broadened strategy include developing renewable energy capacity from other technologies besides solar
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International
FuelCell Energy Inc. announces it has joined Hydrogen Europe
29 Mar 2021Hydrogen Europe represents the interests of the hydrogen and fuel cell industry in Europe
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Mega Read
How solar technologies can accelerate vaccine rollout in Africa
25 Mar 2021Keeping vaccines seamlessly refrigerated is an especially daunting challenge where electricity is unavailable or unreliable.
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Investment & Finance
Role of Green banks in advancing climate-resilient development in Africa
25 Mar 2021Innovative green finance could play a key role in Africa’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic,...
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Disruption
New hybrid power plant to combine solar, wind and storage in an SA first
25 Mar 2021The project is one of eight preferred bidders selected under South Africa's "emergency round"
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South Africa
Controversial Watsons’ wind farm approval overturned on review
24 Mar 2021The company has been given until 1 April to appeal against the decision by the Department...
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Investment & Finance
West Africa off-grid initiative granted $22 million by World Bank
24 Mar 2021The funding was for the Regional Off-Grid Electrification Project (ROGEP) which is to be implemented in...
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Energy Efficiency
MEGA READ: Is South Africa’s load shedding here to stay?
23 Mar 2021"If we use less electricity, Eskom could potentially reduce load shedding incidents" - Op-ed by Barry...
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Transmission
AfDB disburses $530 million for renewable energy transmission in Angola
23 Mar 2021The funding follows two other recent contributions by AfDB to Angola’s energy sector strategy
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South Africa
8 IPPs win tenders in SA’s US$3 billion emergency round
22 Mar 2021Some of the projects will be hybrid power systems that incorporate wind, solar and storage technology...
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Southern Africa
Executive team tackle wind turbine heights to build and demonstrate leadership
2 Mar 2023Nordex Energy South Africa’s executive team recently completed the Global Wind Organisation’s Basic Safety Training (BST)...
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Mega Read
Power cuts in South Africa: trend to get off the grid is gathering pace, but total independence is still a way off
28 Feb 2023Factories, mines, farms, businesses and individuals are now choosing to reduce their dependence on Eskom’s network...
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Investment & Finance
Solar fund by Rgreen Invest raises €87.5M for African C&I projects
28 Feb 2023The fund to offer direct lending and asset-based debt facilities for regional and international developers as...
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Investment & Finance
AfricaGoGreen Fund (AGGF) Closes $47M in new equity Investments
28 Feb 2023AGGF is the first structured debt fund in Africa focused on renewable energy and energy efficiency...
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Solar
Focusing on 4T technologies, helping thousands of industries transform from energy consumers to energy producers
22 Feb 2023Huawei says Africa urgently needs solar energy to address its energy shortage challenges.
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Solar
Gauteng to procure 800MW of solar energy to curb load shedding
22 Feb 2023The Gauteng Provincial Government is also announced a programme to install rooftop solar panels in government...
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South Africa
Sasol and Air Liquide sign PPA for additional 260MW with TotalEnergies
22 Feb 2023This is the second set of PPAs signed by Sasol and Air Liquide, after the PPAs...
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South Africa
SA wind farm completes turbine blade painting for avifauna conservation
20 Feb 2023Blade painting mitigation action greatly decreases the possibility that priority species birds would fly into wind...
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East Africa
Globeleq contracts Toyota Tsusho to build geothermal plant in Kenya
20 Feb 2023Construction of the project is expected to commence during the first quarter of 2023 once financial...
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Disruption
Scientists achieve breakthrough in splitting sea water into green hydrogen
16 Feb 2023Green hydrogen is a highly reactive fuel alternative to traditional fossil fuels – is produced through...
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Solar
Huawei unveils smart PV solutions for the African residential market
15 Feb 2023Over its 25 years of operating in Sub Saharan Africa, Huawei has built a deep understanding...
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Green Hydrogen
Study estimates Africa’s green hydrogen potential at US$1 trillion by 2035
7 Feb 2023According to the study, harnessing Africa’s solar energy to produce 50 million tons of green hydrogen...
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West Africa
World Bank kicks off $311Mn renewable energy project for West Africa
7 Feb 2023The World Bank last week signed the legal agreements for the US$311 million Regional Emergency Solar...
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South Africa
Enel concludes two renewable energy PPAs with Air Liquide and Sasol
7 Feb 2023The renewable energy will be supplied by two Enel Green Power wind projects, located in the...
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South Africa
Seriti to build 155MW wind farm to power Mpumalanga coal mines
7 Feb 2023The electricity generated by the wind energy facility will be wheeled through South Africa’s national grid...
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South Africa
Cape Town reveals plan to eliminate 4 stages of load shedding with renewables
1 Feb 2023Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis revealed that two major renewable energy tenders, which sought to procure...
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Rest of Africa
Serengeti Energy switches on Sierra Leone’s first IPP solar project
1 Feb 2023The project will add approximately 15% to Sierra Leone’s total electricity generation capacity, providing a significant...
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South Africa
SAWEA elects new board – Dhesen Moodley elected chair
1 Feb 2023The South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA) has announced its new Board of Governance, following its...
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Investment & Finance
Globeleq concludes US$71 million refinancing of Limpopo solar plant
27 Jan 2023Standard Bank Limited led the restructuring of the debt, alongside the project’s original lender, Vantage Green...
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East Africa
Gigawatt Global switches on Burundi’s first solar plant at 7,5MW
27 Oct 2021Financing for the construction of the project was provided by Inspired Evolution, Renewable Energy Performance Platform...
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International
Hyperloop technology market set to reach $6.6 billion by 2026
25 May 2021The Hyperloop could potentially convey people or objects at hypersonic speeds while being energy efficient compared...
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Disruption
ecoligo connects Kenya’s first ever floating solar plant
22 Apr 2021The system complements an earlier 75kWp installation on the roof of the farm’s buildings which has...
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South Africa
South Africa launches tender for 2,6GW of renewables
22 Mar 20211 600 megawatts of the new energy procured will come from wind energy and 1 000...
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Investment & Finance
South Africa to add 6,8GW in new renewables capacity over the next year
1 Mar 2021The procurement of new renewable energy capacity is in line with the country's energy plan, the...
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Disruption
Ford South Africa launches bold plan to get off the grid
8 Dec 2020The Ford Motor Company to source 100% renewable energy for all its manufacturing plants globally by...
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Disruption
VIDEO: Is there another revolution brewing in Africa?
11 Nov 2020RenewAfrica.Biz is the definitive source for market intelligence and updates on Africa's Renewable Energy sector
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Solar
Huawei unveils smart PV solutions for the African residential market
15 Feb 2023Over its 25 years of operating in Sub Saharan Africa, Huawei has built a deep understanding...
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South Africa
BTE consummates biodiversity partnership for Excelsior Wind Farm
18 Oct 2022The 33MW Excelsior Wind Energy Facility stands on 2300 hectares of land in Swellendam, Western Cape.
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South Africa
SAWEA kicks off just energy transition campaign in Mpumalanga schools
19 Sep 2022The much-loved yellow edu-tainer was welcomed at Laerskool Kragveld in the morning, before journeying on to...
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Solar
Huawei FusionSolar Channel Partner Summit fosters cooperation to boost Africa’s solar industry
30 Aug 2022In his official address opening the summit, Mr. Xia Hesheng, President of Huawei Digital Power Sub-Saharan...
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Investment & Finance
Off-grid solar investments hit all-time high of $450m in 2021, GOGLA
26 Jul 2022In 2021, debt commitments have shown strong growth to reach $326 million, mainly driven by large...
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South Africa
SAPVIA announce new board, Chanda Nxumalo elected chairperson
13 Jun 2022With the new leadership, SAPVIA is hoping to play a key role in addressing South Africa’s...
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Solar
State of the art solar carpot system unveiled for Ford SA’s assembly plant
11 May 2022The project is part of Ford South Africa's plans to take its Silverton plant in Pretoria...
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Mega Read
Should we turn the Sahara Desert into a huge solar farm?
29 Nov 2021The Sahara covers about 9 million km², that means the total energy available – that is,...
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South Africa
Mainstream to develop 1,2GW of renewable energy projects in South Africa
29 Oct 2021The Mainstream-led consortium, named 'Ikamva', which means "the future" in Xhosa, will deliver six onshore wind...
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North Africa
3GW interconnection project between Egypt & Saudi Arabia awarded
11 Oct 2021The intercontinental link will enable the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Egypt to exchange electricity, increase...
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South Africa
EnergyDRIVE to inform SA learners on renewables & climate change
1 Jul 2021The initiative promotes renewable energy and climate change awareness, instilling knowledge to learners across rural communities
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South Africa
Blok pioneers solar energy in newly launched Sea Point development
9 Jun 2021Blok's ONE26 ON M development has a 50kW solar energy system which is projected to produce...
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South Africa
BioTherm Energy has rebranded to BTE Renewables
2 Jun 2021BTE Renewables successfully brought online four renewable energy IPP projects in South Africa over the past...
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International
2020 renewables growth rate fastest in two decades, IEA
11 May 2021About 270 GW of new renewable capacity is on course to be added in 2021 and...
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East Africa
Solar & wind power could break the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam deadlock
10 May 2021In this Op-ed, Sebastian Sterl, Researcher, Energy & Climate at Vrije Universiteit Brussel proposes solutions to...
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Investment & Finance
IFC and ABSA launch Africa’s first Green Loan to fund renewables
7 May 2021The loan is the first certified loan in Africa that complies with the Green Loan Principles....
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Disruption
Gold Fields building SA’s largest solar plant for a mining operation
6 May 2021R660m is the estimated capital investment for the plant, including contingencies and escalation
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International
To achieve Net Zero, we need triple wind energy deployment rate: GWEC
25 Apr 202193 GW of new capacity was installed in 2020. To meet our global climate goals, we...
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Disruption
Shoprite, Africa’s biggest retailer is betting big on solar power
23 Apr 2021The retail giant wants renewable energy to power 25% of its operations in the next five...
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Solar
LONGi Solar partners with South African solar PV panel maker ARTsolar
21 Apr 2021The two parties plan to establish a new, state-of-the-art solar PV panel manufacturing plant with an...
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Disruption
Volkswagen Rwanda unveils electric vehicle charging station in Kigali
13 Apr 2021The launch is part of pilot project to test the feasibility of electric mobility in Africa.
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