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South Africa
GE: Renewables & Gas, the best pathway to decarbonization for SA
8 Jun 2021GE says augmenting renewables with gas power is the most effective near-term action to decarbonize South...
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South Africa
City of Joburg readies to procure IPP renewable energy
7 Jun 2021City of Joburg to issue a request for information for the construction of a 150MW solar...
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Mega Read
Growing Africa’s attractiveness to private investors in infrastructure is fundamental to recovery from COVID and tackling climate change
7 Jun 2021In March this year, EAIF announced its first project in Burkina Faso. The Fund has loaned...
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Central Africa
Gridworks inks $100m solar deal with DRC to power three cities
4 Jun 2021A consortium led by Gridworks will form a company called Moyi Power which will supply clean...
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Mega Read
Africa’s renewables sector carries enormous investment opportunities
3 Jun 2021"the huge amount of capital project construction expenditure needed to meet extant electricity supply gap across...
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Rest of Africa
Orezone sign deal for solar energy supply at Burkina Faso mine
3 Jun 2021The system will consist of 14MWp solar plant, hybridised with LNG power generators
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Investment & Finance
Newly launched British initiative to fund low-carbon projects in South Africa
3 Jun 2021The initiative seeks to support highly promising climate projects to become more bankable and appealing to...
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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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Green Hydrogen
CWP developing a US$40 billion Green Hydrogen project in North Africa
2 Jun 2021The project, called “AMAN”, will be located in the North of Mauritania and will export green...
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Energy Storage
Scatec wins tender for 540MW solar plus storage projects in South Africa
2 Jun 2021The three projects consist of 540 MW solar and 225 MW/1,140 MWh battery storage, and will...
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International
Oil giant BP acquires 9 GW of solar energy projects in the US
1 Jun 2021Solar energy is the fastest growing power source in the US and is expected to quadruple...
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International
Half a million trained workers needed to meet wind expansion demand
1 Jun 2021Analysis in The Global Wind Workforce Outlook 2021-2025 finds that we will need at least 480,000...
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Solar
ENGIE commissions two solar plants in Senegal with 60MW capacity
1 Jun 2021The Kahone and Kael solar power plants are expected to provide 540,000 people with cheap and...
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East Africa
Rwanda granted funds to connect 80,000 rural households with electricity
1 Jun 2021The East African country targets to generate 60% of its electricity from renewable energy sources by...
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North Africa
Morocco to add 6GW of new renewable energy capacity by 2030
31 May 2021Morocco has so far invested more than $5.65 billion (MAD 52 billion) in renewable energy since...
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Disruption
Shifting to Renewables, oil giant Total rebrands to TotalEnergies
31 May 2021TotalEnergies is aiming to reach carbon neutrality by 2050, in part by investing in more solar...
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East Africa
DPA deploys 1MW rooftop solar system for East Africa Data Centre
28 May 2021The solar system is set to reduce East Africa Data Centre (EADC)'s operational costs and reduce...
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International
SA’s renewables sector outraged by comments made by Mainstream chair
28 May 2021Mainstream Renewable Power’s former-Chairman, Dr. Eddie O’Connor made negative comments at the Dublin Climate Dialogues last...
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Policy
South Africa outlines plan to curb power shortages
28 May 2021South Africa’s minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe outlined a raft of energy sector...
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North Africa
Tunisia bets on big on solar, govt approves 5 key solar projects
28 May 2021The North African country is currently implementing solar energy projects totalling 1,000 MW to reduce its...
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East Africa
Tanzania secures US$140 Million funding for 50MW hydropower plant
28 May 2021The project is one of Tanzania's priorities under its Second Five-Year Development Plan and will also...
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South Africa
Nordex wins 830MW in wind turbine orders in South Africa
10 Apr 2024The turbines for all the projects are expected to start feeding wind generated electricity into South...
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Energy Storage
Huawei Fusionsolar launches Luna 2.0 solar solution in South Africa
9 Apr 2024The Luna 2.0 system aims to enhance the advantages that solar and energy storage systems offer...
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East Africa
Kenya to grant IPPs access to its electricity distribution market
4 Apr 2024The new regulations will break the longstanding monopoly held by state-owned electricity utilities Kenya Power and...
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Solar
Scatec starts construction 120MW solar plant in Botswana
3 Apr 2024The project is set to be the first utility-scale solar project in the Southern African nation.
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Energy Storage
South Africa’s DMRE launches third battery storage tender
2 Apr 2024The battery storage tender is aimed at enhancing grid capacity for improved integration of renewable energy...
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Energy Storage
Malawian utility Escom issues 20MW battery storage tender
27 Mar 2024The utility says the battery storage project will help with integration of variable renewable energy sources...
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Energy Storage
Huawei launches new commercial and industrial (C&I), residential smart PV and ESS solutions to African market
26 Mar 2024Supplied by Huawei Digital Power Sub-Saharan Africa Region.
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Solar
Huawei pledges to work with partners to build a new era of solar
26 Mar 2024Huawei Digital Power last week held its Huawei FusionSolar Forum & Partner Summit 2024 in Johannesburg,...
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Investment & Finance
Microsoft, CFM invest in a renewables trading platform in Nigeria
19 Mar 2024The renewable energy trading platform recently connected its first client, Nigeria Breweries PLC, and will supply...
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East Africa
Rwanda’s first green bond issued by local IPP, Prime Energy
18 Mar 2024The green bond by Prime Energy is supported by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and will...
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Solar
French IPP GreenYellow completes 14 MWp solar plant in Mauritius
14 Mar 2024The solar farm is GreenYellow’s second project on the island.
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Green Hydrogen
Morocco to allocate 1mln hectares to green hydrogen projects
12 Mar 2024An estimated 100 investors are said to have expressed interest in producing green hydrogen in North...
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Investment & Finance
CFM to manage SADC’s $1.3Bn transmission infrastructure fund
7 Mar 2024The facility is expected to improve energy transmission within and between the 16 SADC member states...
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South Africa
Anglo American, EDF reach financial close on 520MW wind and solar projects in SA
6 Mar 2024The projects have 20-year offtake agreements with Anglo American’s three businesses in South Africa (Anglo American...
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Solar
Yellow Door Energy’s 48MW solar project in N.West gathers steam
4 Mar 2024The electricity produced by the project will be distributed to Yellow Door Energy’s customers across South...
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East Africa
SkyPower, AFC partner to co-develop a 200MW solar plant in DRC
21 Feb 2024The project forms part of a larger 1,000MW Solar Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) signed between SkyPower...
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South Africa
Oya Energy’s 128MW hybrid project in SA achieves financial close
14 Feb 2024The hybrid power project is expected to provide clean power to some 180,000 South African homes...
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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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Hydro
BPA exhibits Africa’s first hydro-floating solar hybrid plant in Ghana
20 Jun 2023The West African country is on course to achieve universal electricity access within 18 months.
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South Africa
South Africa poised for renewables boom with 66GW in the pipeline
7 Jun 2023Renewable Energy Grid Survey was released this week by Eskom, SAWEA and SAPVIA.
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Green Hydrogen
Namibia greenlights US$10Bn green hydrogen project by Hyphen
26 May 2023The green hydrogen project will create up to 15,000 new jobs during the construction phase, 3,000...
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Disruption
Huawei aims to use its “4T” technologies to enable an energy landscape transition of ‘from energy consumer to sustainable energy producer and enabler
9 May 2023South Africa’s Minister in the Presidency responsible for Electricity Dr. Kgosientsho Ramokgopa gave a keynote address...
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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