September 2023
19 Sep 2023
Empower New Energy a leading Norwegian solar energy company with a vision to create a sustainable future through the deployment of renewable energy solutions. With a focus on commercial and industrial solar projects is proud to announce that on September 14, 2023, at the Solar Quarter Business Meet Ghana Awards 2023 Energy was chosen as the recipient of the highly acclaimed Solar Company of the Ye...
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13 Sep 2023
Clenergy, a global leader in solar mounting solutions, is thrilled to announce its latest milestone – a stock listing in South Africa. As they expand their reach to new horizons, they are there to meet your solar needs across the African continent.
🌟 Why Choose Clenergy? 🌟
PVezRack® is their flagship product line, proudly serving the solar industry since 2007. What began as a truste...
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08 Sep 2023
High quality and global solar panel manufacturer, Astronergy, have supplied their high-performance Astro 5 solar panels for the 60 MW Itimpi Solar Plant project in Zambia.
The successful delivery aligns perfectly with Astronergy mission of creating a sustainable and net-zero carbon world through solar power.
"By utilizing our PV modules and transitioning to clean energy sources, local compan...
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06 Sep 2023
Trina Solar Co., Ltd. (“Trina Solar” or “the company”), a global leader in smart solar energy solutions for a net-zero future, has revealed that its revenue for the first six months of 2023 totaled US$7.13 billion, while the company delivered more than 75GW of its 210mm modules in total by the end of June 2023. This is according to its latest financial report.
The financial report for t...
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05 Sep 2023
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JinkoSolar has delivered its 2.03MWh C&I energy storage system (JKS196-675K-150H) to A4&T Power Solutions for a mini-grid project under the REA Performance-based grant program under the REA in the southwest region of Nigeria.
These ESSs can provide robustness to the microgrid installation by improving the resiliency of the electric...
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29 Aug 2023
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Aptech Africa is pleased to report that it has brought to completion the installation of 26MWp of solar panels in Juba, South Sudan in a project self-financed by Ezra Construction Company. Aptech Africa has been permanently located in South Sudan since 2011, and is the EPC company of choice for solar installations within the country. Its te...
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25 Aug 2023
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Aptech Africa recently designed, supplied and is currently installing three off-grid and three hybrid solar systems in Vanimo and Wewak provinces in Papua New Guinea in a project funded by the UNDP. Four systems have so far been completed, and commissioned in the presence of EU – Support to Rural Entrepreneur, Investment and T...
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24 Aug 2023
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JinkoSolar today announced it has delivered a 1.1MWh BESS for Hybrid Off-grid PV/DG System in the Republic of Djibouti, Horn of Africa, Ethiopia to the southwest, for the electrification of rural communities.
This PV/DG/BATT off-grid system is composed of 1200 kW JinkoSolar’s Tiger Neo PV modules, three diesel generators, 1.1 MWh JinkoSo...
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22 Aug 2023
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JinkoSolar has delivered a solar plus ESS system to a microgrid project in Mozambique, where it will help overcome electricity shortages caused by inadequate utility access in the local community of Chipera, providing access to electricity in an area hitherto without network coverage.
With Mozambique largely dependent on diesel g...
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21 Aug 2023
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The company also provides liquid cooling ESS called SunGiga with 20% higher power density compared to air cooling, 20% higher lifecycles (up to 15 years), 30% less power consumption, and high-efficiency thermal management.
JinkoSolar will supply a 1.1 MWh energy storage system (ESS) integrated with a 500kW PV project to a refugee camp in Ke...
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18 Aug 2023
Announced by Haiyan Huang, EVP & CSO at Astronergy, at the 2nd China PV Green Supply Chain Conference held on August 17th, the company to achieve carbon neutrality in the year 2050 with detailed plans of three key time nodes, once again highlighting Astronergy’s firm action ambitions in issues related to the environment, social and governance (ESG).
With gatherings of main industry player...
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16 Aug 2023
Solarise Africa, a pan-African Energy-as-a-Service company, is delighted to announce that its Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Sakkie van Wijk, has been honored with the prestigious "COO of the Year" award at the Solar Assets Africa Awards 2023. This recognition highlights Van Wijk's outstanding leadership and contributions to the solar energy sector in Africa.
The Solar Assets Africa Awa...
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14 Aug 2023
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Aptech Africa recently designed, supplied, installed and commissioned a hybrid solar system at the GIZ country office in Nakasero, Kampala-Uganda.
The system has both a roof and carport mounted totalling to 22.56kWp of solar panels and 30.8kWh of battery storage of BYD Lithium-Ion batteries, The system is hybrid supplying the office fr...
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11 Aug 2023
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Aptech Africa recently designed, supplied, installed and commissioned a stand-alone solar system at the Karene district council office in Sierra Leone.
The system has a carport mounted 15.84kWp of Soleil Power solar panels and 28.8kWh of battery storage of PylonTech Lithium-Ion batteries with three 8KVA Victron and one Fronius ...
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09 Aug 2023
Trina Solar has again been recognized as the Overall Highest Achiever for the outstanding performance of its Vertex N 700W series modules in the RETC 2023 PV Module Index Report, published recently. This is the fourth time Trina Solar has been honored with the accolade, exemplifying its leadership in the PV industry.
The annual report evaluates products in terms of quality, performance and reli...
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09 Aug 2023
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Shell-owned Daystar Power is pushing into the South African market, where the solar provider expects rapid growth due to record power cuts.
South Africa has seen a surge in alternative power systems as state-owned utility Eskom fails to meet demand. Daystar is opening offices in Johannesburg less than a year after Shell bought the business.
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08 Aug 2023
“Electrification of Health Facilities Donor and development partners coordination meeting.”
This event is organized by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), in partnership with the Health and Energy Platform of Action (HEPA) hosted by the World Health Organization and HETA, the Health Electrification and Telecommunications Alliance hosted by Power Africa.
More than 100,000 public ...
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03 Aug 2023
Trina Solar has been ranked in the top AAA category for the fifth consecutive quarter in PV Tech’s PV ModuleTech Bankability Ratings for Q2’2023, underlining the company’s leadership status in high reliability, advanced technology, shipments and financial performance.
Trina has now been recognized as an ‘Overall High Achiever’ by RETC for three consecutive years and ranked ‘Top Perf...
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02 Aug 2023
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Aptech Africa recently designed, supplied, installed and commissioned three off grid solar systems for educational resources at HSI in Bor and Yei in a project funded by UNFPA.
One system was installed at the HSI in Bor County located in Jongei state and two others installed in Yei County located in Central Equatorial State. All the systems ...
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01 Aug 2023
“The manager of the program is currently tendering the first sub-component of the Technical Assistance Facility which is a study of the renewable energy sector and associated financing landscape within a specific set of sub-Sahara African countries. Deliverables shall be I) deep market intelligence regarding the renewable energy sector, II) an analysis of the existing renewables financing landsc...
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01 Aug 2023
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Recapo Solar Systems Limited, a Malawian company and ENGIE Energy Access have signed a partnership agreement in which Recapo will be the company’s distributor of solar home systems products in Malawi.
According to Recapo Solar Systems General Manager, Tendai Chambati, under the agreement, the company will sell ENGIE Energy Access’s pro...
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31 Jul 2023
Read the full original article here from Ariya Finergy
Ariya Finergy incorporates innovative technology to provide competitive solar heat for industrial demand. In partnership with Absolicon, we delivered a 330m2 aperture area solar thermal field to Iberafrica Power (E.A.) Limited in Nairobi, Kenya. This project is the first of its kind in East Africa. Iberafrica, is one of Keny...
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27 Jul 2023
JinkoSolar one of the solar module manufacturers in the world, announces it has achieved the highest “AAA” category ranking in PV Tech's Q2 ModuleTech bankability report. This prestigious recognition underscores the company's exceptional performance in manufacturing and financial indicators, as well as its leadership in N-type TOPCon technology.
On July 14th, 2023, JinkoSolar’s subsidiary...
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25 Jul 2023
Trina Solar has announced the certification of its Yiwu manufacturing facility as a Zero Carbon Factory. This is the first factory in the PV industry to be awarded zero carbon status by an independent agency.
Trina Solar’s Yiwu factory was assessed by TiGroup, a certification body specialising in health, safety, environmental and sustainability inspection and testing. A range of indicators we...
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24 Jul 2023
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The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) and the Global Climate Partnership Fund (GCPF) are investing $20 million in Starsight Premier Energy Finance (SPEF). The company will use the funding to build solar power plants for commercial and industrial (C&I) customers in East Africa.
Good news for Starsight Premier Energy Finance (SPE...
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21 Jul 2023
LONGi is delighted to announce that it has once again been ranked in the highest AAA category in PV-Tech's PV ModuleTech bankability report for Q2 2023. This is the 14th consecutive quarter for the company to achieve this ranking, underlining its outstanding performance in terms of high-quality products and services, combined with financial strength and stability.
The AAA rating serves as recog...
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20 Jul 2023
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A French consortium made up of Akuo and Sagecom has finished building a 30 MW solar power plant in Gorou Banda, Niger. The Niger government had initially planned the project to have a capacity of 50 MW.
The facility, which is located about 10 kilometers from the capital, Niamey, was developed as part of improving the city's electricity s...
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19 Jul 2023
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Odyssey has signed a cooperation agreement with I&M Bank, one of the leading financial institutions in East Africa, to accelerate the adoption of distributed renewable energy projects in the region.
Under the agreement, Odyssey will provide comprehensive support to I&M Bank in origination, due diligence, and monitoring of distributed r...
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14 Jul 2023
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NextSource Materials Inc is pleased to announce that construction of the solar farm for the solar hybrid power plant (the “Solar Hybrid Plant”) at the Company’s Molo Graphite mine in Madagascar has been completed.
The Solar Hybrid Plant is owned and operated by CrossBoundary Energy (CBE) under a 20-year power purchase agreement and c...
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13 Jul 2023
Solis' latest innovation, the S6-EH1P8K-L-PRO, is an advanced power hybrid inverter that goes above and beyond. Designed to cater to areas with insufficient infrastructure, limited resources, frequent load shedding, and power outages due to imbalances in power supply and demand.
S6 Advanced Power Hybrid Inverter Installation Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbGTzcTQ2Ig
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13 Jul 2023
Rensource Energy, Africa’s fastest-growing solar power provider of renewable energy services, announces the closing of a $15 Million facility with Afrigreen Debt Impact Fund SLP (”Afrigreen”). The debt finance provided by Afrigreen will be a mix of US dollars and Naira financing to fund the construction of over 30MW of Rensource C&I portfolio in the next 3 years.
Since inception...
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12 Jul 2023
The company has brought clean energy to more than 150 countries, reducing greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to the planting of over 10 billion trees
Trina Solar Co., Ltd, a smart solar energy solutions for a net-zero future, has released its 2022 Sustainability Report, summarising the company’s continuous efforts to pursue sustainable development of the energy industry, and its commitment t...
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07 Jul 2023
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Construction work on the Arsenal photovoltaic solar power plant was launched recently in the presence of the Mauritian authorities. The plant, built by French company GreenYellow, will have a capacity of 10 MWp.
Mauritius will be getting a new photovoltaic solar power plant in the next few months. Construction work on the Arsenal solar farm was ...
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07 Jul 2023
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Baofang Jin, Chairman of JA Solar, and Tony Zhu, Vice President of JA Solar, welcomed Hussain Alnowais, Chairman of AMEA Power, and his delegation to JA Solar's Beijing headquarters to discuss deepening ties and cooperation between the two companies.
AMEA Power is one of the largest developers in the Middle East and Africa market, wi...
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07 Jul 2023
JinkoSolar, one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced that its n-type high-efficiency Tiger Neo series modules won 1GW order of China Huadian Corporation (CHD), accounting for 100% of N-type confirmed tender of CHD. With its high efficiency, high power generation, optimized bifacial factor, low degradation, and low-temperature coefficient, it i...
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06 Jul 2023
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Aptech Africa recently supplied, installed, and commissioned a 10 kW solar backup system with 57.6 kWh storage at the National Elections Authority (NEA) Bangui offices in the Central African Republic in a project funded by the UNDP.
The system is aimed to enable the NEA to achieve its objectives through its support program for the Central Afr...
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05 Jul 2023
JinkoSolar, one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, supplied 25MW high-efficiency modules for the successful implementation of a PV project in Central African Republic.
This project marks JinkoSolar's participation in its first World Bank Loan project in the Central and Western Africa region and plays a crucial role in the World Bank's "Light Up Africa" i...
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05 Jul 2023
A solar installation designed to reduce carbon emissions and provide stable and clean energy to a poultry farm has recently been installed by solar energy leaders, Dutch & Company.
The Ghana-based firm, popularly known as Dutch & Co, was appointed by Kuipers Breeders Ghana earlier this year to design, engineer, supply and construct the 378 KWp ground-mounted solar PV solution at their f...
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30 Jun 2023
The Facility for Energy Inclusion (“FEI”), managed by Cygnum Capital (formerly Lion’s Head Group), signed its first transaction in the mini-grids sector, to provide USD 7.5 million of debt to MySol Grid Zambia (formerly PowerCorner Zambia), a unit of ENGIE Energy Access, to construct 60 mini-grids which will connect over 40,000 people to electricity in Zambia. ENGIE Energy Access is the lead...
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27 Jun 2023
Hoërskool Nylstroom, in collaboration with Solarise Africa, is proud to announce the commissioning and inauguration of its state-of-the-art solar power installation. This landmark project not only signifies a major milestone for the school but also serves as an exemplary initiative in the region, inspiring the youth to prioritise the battle against climate change and embrace a sustainable way of ...
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26 Jun 2023
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Sales and Purchase Agreement signed with ACTIS for the acquisition of 100% of BTE Renewables, one of Africa’s leading renewable energy companies in South Africa and Kenya
Addition of 340 MW renewable energy capacity and a portfolio of more than 3 GW of advanced development projects for ENGIE in South Africa
Investments in 250 MW wind...
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26 Jun 2023
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Aptech Africa recently supplied, installed and commissioned a solar water pump system in Makeni district in Sierra Leone in a project funded by World Hope International.
The installation works included;
Ground mounting 6 Soleil power solar panels of 330W near the water source to minimize power losses using aluminum ground mo...
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26 Jun 2023
Empower New Energy join forces with the African Development Bank Group to develop high-quality carbon credits for Distributed Renewable Energy in Africa. Individually, solar projects with private offtakers are too small to carry the costs of certification, prohibiting the development of making distributed solar eligible for carbon finance.
With the support form the AfDB-managed Sustainabl...
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23 Jun 2023
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Aptech Africa recently supplied, installed, and commissioned three hybrid solar systems at the World Vision International North-Eastern Provincial Offices in Sierra Leone
Each system was equipped with a roof-mounted solar panel system with a capacity of 7.2kWp. The systems consist of individual panels with a power output of 300Wp each, w...
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22 Jun 2023
The Facility for Energy Inclusion (“FEI”) managed by Cygnum Capital (formerly Lion’s Head Group) provided a $30 million multi-country facility and is in the process of arranging an additional $20 million for CrossBoundary Energy, a leading developer, owner, and operator of commercial and industrial (“C&I”) renewable energy systems.
Nairobi, June 20, 2023–The Facility for Energy ...
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21 Jun 2023
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MYSOL Tanzania (Engie Energy Access Tanzania), a Solar energy company, has launched its operations in Zanzibar, pledging to bridge the gap in access to electricity and actively contribute to expansion of the off-grid electrification.
The Company’s Managing Director, Godfrey Mugambi said the launching of the solar firm’s operations in Za...
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20 Jun 2023
PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), the world-renowned third-party reliability testing laboratory, has published its 2023 PV Module Reliability Scorecard, and Trina Solar has once again been recognized as a Top Performer among global PV module manufacturers for the outstanding performance of its Vertex N modules, especially the Vertex N 605W module. It is the ninth year in a row that Trina Solar h...
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20 Jun 2023
Empower New Energy and Adaptis Energy Kenya have joined forces by signing a breakthrough development partnership agreement to solarize businesses across Africa!
Aim: To bring clean, sustainable, and reliable energy solutions to the African continent. With this strategic collaboration, both companies will leverage their proficiency in the solar energy sector to revolutionize the way businesses...
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19 Jun 2023
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Chinese solar company LONGi has unveiled its latest perovskite/crystalline tandem solar cell at the Intersolar 2023 event in Germany, which boasts an efficiency of 33.5%.
The company’s new innovation is the second-most efficient solar cell in the world, and is 1.7% more efficient than the module shown at the Smart Energy Conference a...
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19 Jun 2023
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Huawei yesterday announced that its eLTE Broadband Network has been selected by The Bui Power Authority (BPA) hydro-solar hybrid power plant in Ghana for essential communication and operational management services.
Ghanaian Energy Minister Matthew Opoku Prempeh underscored the importance of ICT systems in providing intelligent energy man...
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19 Jun 2023
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With its continuous innovation and the provision of high-quality smart PV solutions and product experiences, FusionSolar's Smart PV Inverter SUN2000-330KTL has been awarded the Intersolar AWARD at Intersolar Europe 2023.
As the newest flagship product from FusionSolar, the SUN2000-330KTL received wide recognition from the industry during its ...
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16 Jun 2023
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JA Solar, a globally leading manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) products, was awarded the "Top PV Brand" in the LATAM region (and its major economies Brazil, Mexico, and Chile), and Africa (including its major economy Nigeria), by EUPD Research, an authoritative global research institute, highlighting JA Solar's outstanding market performance...
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15 Jun 2023
On June 14,2023, DAS Solar presented its upgrading N-type 3.0 Black Series module at the Intersolar Europe 2023, bringing the high performance module to the Europe market.
The Intersolar Europe 2023 is the largest and most influential solar energy exhibition worldwide. DAS Solar unveiled the upgrading N-type 3.0 Black Series, featuring the DAS BLACK, BLACK FRAME, and BLACK THRU modules. Further...
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13 Jun 2023
Signet Terrace Shopping Centre today announced the commissioning and inauguration of its cutting-edge solar power plant, marking a significant step towards sustainable energy consumption and reducing carbon emissions. This remarkable project is the result of a collaborative effort between Signet Terrace Shopping Centre, Solarise Africa, Nuvo Energy Africa, and One Stop Solar, each playing a v...
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13 Jun 2023
Join meteocontrol GmbH at The smarter E Europe 2023, Europe's largest energy industry platform from June 14th to 16th at Messe München, focusing on renewable energy, decentralization and digitalization. Discover meteocontrol's innovative energy and asset management solutions at booth B5.210, in Hall B5, Booth 210.
They offer holistic and tailored #solutions to improve your renewable energy...
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12 Jun 2023
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ENGIE Energy Access signed a new agreement with the Beninese Agency for Rural Electrification and Energy Management (ABERME) as part of the Off-Grid Electricity Access project of the Millennium Challenge Account - Benin II (MCA-Benin II) program. The agreement allows ENGIE Energy Access to deploy 20 mini-grids to improve power reliability and promote de...
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12 Jun 2023
Trina Solar, a leading global PV and smart energy total solution provider inspired by the Kyoto Protocol since its inception, has been promoting sustainability through renewable energy for the past 25 years, while pursuing its mission to make solar energy accessible to all.
Trina Solar aims to use 100% renewable energy in global manufacturing and operations by 2030 in order to contribute to the...
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09 Jun 2023
GoodWe, a leading provider of PV energy storage solutions, will be presenting its latest innovations at booth B4-210 during Intersolar 2023 in Munich, Germany, from 14 to 16 June. Building on the proven success of GoodWe’s cutting-edge hybrid inverters, the company is set to unveil a brand-new suite of energy storage solutions specifically designed for the commercial and industrial (C&I) seg...
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07 Jun 2023
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Understanding Solar System Performance in South Africa and Kenya
As the seasons change, so does the performance of our solar systems. In this edition of our newsletter, we delve into the fascinating topic of how seasonal changes impact solar system performance in South Africa and Kenya. Understanding these dynamics will help you make...
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05 Jun 2023
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Dubbed ‘Long Distance Runner, the project seeks to phase out energy sources like coal and replace them with green and renewable energy sources like solar.
“With solar, the business is totally different. We are trying to decelerate carbon levels globally”, said Oliver Du Peng, Huawei East Africa digital power chief executive officer.
Huawei s...
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05 Jun 2023
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Aptech Africa recently installed and commissioned three solar water pump systems with 100m HDPE pipes connected directly to the 3 polytanks for water distribution on three sites in Alindao, a town and sub-prefecture located in the Central African Republic prefecture of Basse-Kotto, in a project financed by the ACF (Action Contre la Faim), a...
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05 Jun 2023
Avec la mise en service de la centrale solaire de Cintegabelle sur le lac du Cap Vert. D'une capacité de 8,7 MWc, la centrale prend place sur l'espace immergé d'une ancienne gravière.
La centrale de Cintegabelle, c'est :
☣️ 900 tonnes de CO2 évitées par an,
⚡Une puissance électrique de 8,7 MWc,
🏠 L'alimentation en électricité de 2 000 foyers.
Dans Les Landes, nous avons e...
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02 Jun 2023
A leading solar company based in Ghana has unveiled a new logo today, marking a pivotal phase in the company!s 12-year history. Dutch & Co. Ltd., suppliers and installers of solar PV and LED lighting products, has earned a robust reputation for quality, thanks to their work with clients such as Nyaho Medical Centre, MTN Scancom, Fanmilk Danone, and Total Energies.
The new logo is an evoluti...
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meteocontrol recognizes the immense potential of the African PV market and strives to strengthen relationships with existing and upcoming partners. 💪
One of our references is the Omburu PV Power Station, located near Omaruru in Namibia's Erongo Region. 💡 meteocontrol implemented several functionalities to personalize its local SCADA Center according to the customer needs, e.g. a KPI curve ...
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01 Jun 2023
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Zhejiang Thermal Power Construction Co., Ltd. and Longi Solar Technology Co., Ltd. have signed a module purchase contract for the Kom Ombo 200 MW Project in Egypt during the SNEC Exhibition on May 25, 2023. The signing ceremony was attended by Mr. Yu Wei, member of the Party Committee and vice president of Zhejiang Thermal Power, and M...
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01 Jun 2023
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Chinese solar module manufacturer Jinko Solar will sell its subsidiary Xinjiang Jinko for RMB4.3 billion (US$606.7 million).
The company said that Jiangxi Jinko, subsidiary of Jinko Solar and parent company of Xinjiang Jinko, will no longer hold any shares in Xinjiang Jinko after the transaction. The company added that the transaction is to ...
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31 May 2023
Announcement of New Office and Warehouse opening in South Africa
Trina Solar, the world's leading provider of PV and smart energy total solutions, has responded to the growing demand in South Africa by expanding its operations. With continuous investment in the South African market over the years, the company has recently opened a new office in Johannesburg and a warehouse in Cape Town. This ex...
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29 May 2023
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Aptech Africa recently designed, supplied, and commissioned stand-alone systems at Samling Nama Peas School in Mpigi district, Uganda.
The installation comprised of three stand-alone solar systems. Each of the systems has a roof mounted 2.79 kWp of soleil power solar panels and 26.4 kWh of battery storage, with a Victron inverter, all hi...
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19 May 2023
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Aptech Africa recently designed, supplied, installed and commissioned a solar hybrid system for UNDP-FAO offices in Sierra Leone
The system has a roof-mounted 15.18 kWp of solar panels and 42.6 kWh of battery storage of Lithium-Ion batteries with 10KVA Victron Quattro inverters, Victron Maximum Power Point Tracking charge controllers, al...
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18 May 2023
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Customers in South Africa will benefit from the partnership by having access to JA Solar’s range of high-performance products and cutting-edge solar technology.
Menlo Electric South Africa has teamed up with JA Solar, a leading manufacturer of high-performance solar products, to become an official distributor of the Chinese-based company.
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10 May 2023
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With load shedding intensifying, and fuel and electricity prices rising rapidly in Southern Africa, manufacturers have been severely impacted. To help manufacturers address these challenges, Huawei Digital Power recently held its FusionSolar Channel Partner Summit 2023 in Johannesburg, South Africa. During the summit, the tech gian...
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10 May 2023
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Forecast-based charging strategy to prolong the lifetime of lithium-ion batteries in standalone PV battery systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
Methodology
This paper proposes a forecast-based operation strategy to increase the lifetime of Li-ion batteries in standalone PV battery systems. The goal of the proposed strategy is to only charge t...
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10 May 2023
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A number of entities, including the investment unit of TotalEnergies, are interested in the planned sale of Akuo, according to French media reports.
French renewables developer Akuo said earlier this year that it had started looking for a strategic partner, when it hired three banks – Nomura, Rothschild & Co, and Natixis Partners ...
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09 May 2023
A newly released report published by Solarbe on April 28 notes that JinkoSolar topped the global solar PV market in Q1, beating out “JA, Trina, Longi, and other top sellers” (Solarbe, 2023). JinkoSolar delivered 13.04 GW solar panels in Q1 2023, among which nearly 50% is N-type Tiger Neo panel, the most of any of the solar PV brands. This was a 72.7% growth versus Q1 2022. And this impressive ...
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09 May 2023
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Four Nigerian startups have topped the list of 10 selected startups across Africa that will be mentored by Qualcomm to develop technology solutions that will address the immediate and long term needs of Africans.
Qualcomm Technologies announced the selected 10 startups at the weekend, drawn from 550 applications across 34 African countri...
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08 May 2023
Seetek Portable Power Station Alpha 2000W
In an era where power availability is crucial for a variety of activities, the Seetek Portable Power Station Alpha 2000W stands out as a reliable and versatile solution. With its compact size and powerful features, this portable power station is designed to cater to a wide range of needs, from small music parties and family emergencies to outdoor work and...
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02 May 2023
A pan-African Energy-as-a-Service company, has won the prestigious African Unicorn Award for Greentech & Energy. The award recognises Solarise Africa's contribution to the growth and development of sustainable energy solutions in Africa.
The African Unicorn Awards celebrate exceptional companies that are primed to achieve a billion-dollar valuation or more in Africa in the next five years...
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02 May 2023
Accumulative module shipments total 140GW while 210mm module shipments exceeded 65GW by Q1 2023, ranking first globally
Trina Solar Co., Ltd. (“Trina Solar” or “the company”), a leading global PV and smart energy total solution provider, has today announced its full year 2022 results.
The company reported an annual global revenue of $12.645 billion (RMB 85.052 billion), representing ...
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28 Apr 2023
Pioneer in renewable energy in Africa, Africa REN announces a change in the shareholding of Senergy 2 solar power plant. Historical shareholders have sold to a new investment vehicle set up by Africa REN and its partners. Located in Bokhol, in the north of Senegal, Senergy 2 was commissioned in 2016, making it the first solar photovoltaic power plant in West Africa.
In 2021, Africa REN raised a...
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28 Apr 2023
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Aptech recently designed, supplied, installed and commissioned two constructions of two mini water yards with boreholes equipped with solar powered pumps, elevated tanks and tap stands in Maban Upper Nile state in a project funded by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund-(UNICEF).
The pumps were installed at two sites, on...
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27 Apr 2023
Launches Vertex S+ Series for Rooftop Solar Revolution
Trina Solar, a leading global PV and smart energy total solution provider, announced the launch their latest innovation, the Vertex S+ 445W+ n type dual-glass modules at the 2023 Solar Show Africa held in Johannesburg. The new modules are specifically designed for rooftop PV systems, offering a combination of durability, performance, aesthe...
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26 Apr 2023
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It is a system that allows the hybridization of wind farms with photovoltaic plants and energy storage systems in batteries.
The first units are in the certification process and will be installed in Spain to hybridize two wind farms with two photovoltaic plants.
Ingeteam has designed and manufactured the first units of its new control system f...
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26 Apr 2023
InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), is delighted to announce its investment of US$1.5 million to enable Afresco’s `Energy-as-a-Service’ solution to bring clean, reliable power to Commercial and Industrial (C&I) clients in Uganda, Malawi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Gilles Vaes, CEO of InfraCo Africa said: “Afresco has develop...
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26 Apr 2023
Empower New Energy, a leading renewable energy investment company, in partnership with Corks Energy Ltd, a Ghanaian company in the energy sector, is pleased to announce the opening ceremony of their recently commissioned fourth solar investment in Ghana. The 600KWp ground-mounted solar PV installation was developed in partnership with Corks Energy as project lead developer and Stella Futura as the...
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24 Apr 2023
Read the full original article here from Einnews
Recently, JA Solar, a globally leading manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) products, was awarded the "Top PV Brand" in the LATAM region (and its major economies Brazil, Mexico, and Chile), and Africa (including its major economy Nigeria), by EUPD Research, an authoritative global research institute, highlighting JA Solar's outstanding market perfor...
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24 Apr 2023
Read the full original article here from PRNewswire
JA Solar has once again been ranked in the highest AAA category in PV Tech's PV ModuleTech bankability report for Q1 2023, underlining the company's robust overall strength.
The PV Tech report is based on comprehensive analysis of a manufacturer's performance in metrics including shipments, manufacturing capacity, technology and financial p...
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19 Apr 2023
Jinko Solar, one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced its participation at the upcoming The Future Energy Show Africa that will be held at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg from the 25th to the 26th of April 2023.
The Future Energy Show Africa is Africa's top solar & energy event, which has been running since 25 years ago and ...
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19 Apr 2023
Trina Solar has maintained its AAA ranking for the fourth consecutive quarter in the latest PV ModuleTech Bankability Ratings report released by PV Tech.
The company’s continued presence within the highest category validates its ongoing outstanding performance in technology innovation, product value, shipments, customer value and low-carbon practices and underlines its position as an industry...
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18 Apr 2023
Read the full original article here from Nairametrics
Key highlights
Empower New Energy has signed a solar deal in Lagos with the support of the state Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources
Lagos state has plans to explore renewable energy further to reduce pollution and expand clean energy use in the state
The Lagos state government is partnering with the World Bank to create ...
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14 Apr 2023
JinkoSolar has been ranked in the highest 'AAA' category in the Q1 release of PV-Tech’s ModuleTech bankability report, underlining the company's industry-leading metrics across manufacturing and financial indicators and leadership in N-type TOPCon technology.
According to its preliminary report for 2022, the company shipped 44.5GW of solar panels, including 10GW of its Tiger Neo N-type TOPCon...
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11 Apr 2023
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LONGi and the Sopowerful Foundation have announced the launch of a solar power system in the township of Linthipe, in Malawi’s Dedza region, with the country’s Minister for Energy, Ibrahim Matola, and its Deputy Minister for Education, Nancy Chaola Mdooko, both attending the inauguration ceremony.
Dzenza CDSS, a secondary school with 23...
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11 Apr 2023
Read the full original here from IBL
The parent company of IBL Energy, IBL Group, a billion-dollar conglomerate headquartered in Mauritius with business interests in energy, financial services, logistics, distribution, and engineering, led a Series A equity-debt round that raised $8 million for Qotto, a solar kits provider operating in Burkina Faso and Benin. The Off-Grid Energy Access Fund (FE...
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11 Apr 2023
Read the full original article here from Power Engineering International
Vuyo Ntoi, Co-Managing Director of the African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), describes the status of the African investment landscape and what international investors need to keep in mind when they consider investing in the African energy transition.
Can you describe the challenges and opportunities of Africa...
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06 Apr 2023
Read the full original article here from News Ghana
The Ghana Chamber of Mines has inaugurated an 84kWp Kilowatt ‘peak’ power Kilowatt ‘peak’ power ultra-modern and intelligent grid-tied solar photovoltaic system with a call on government to reduce the high taxes and levies to promote the energy transition agenda.
Dr Sulemanu Koney, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Min...
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06 Apr 2023
For Stella Futura and our implementing partners, the first CHAG (Christian Health Association of Ghana) Pilot Solar project marks a major milestone and success story in energy access to healthcare facilities in sub-Sahara Africa. The unique affordable contract model offers health facilities the ability to enjoy solar energy-as-a-service (including maintenance) with zero down-payment and make repay...
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06 Apr 2023
Photo credit: Nuru
For many years, mini-grids (MGs) have been considered as one of the best solutions for rural electrification in Africa, next to Solar Home Systems (SHS). However, over the past decade, rural electrification has been dominated by SHS (Solar Home Systems) as they have progressively entered rural homes across continent by providing them with the most basic needs of lighting, small...
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03 Apr 2023
With his appointment, the company consolidates its position and commitment to Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
GoodWe is one of the world's leading providers of solar and energy solutions with a strong local presence and strong potential for growth in the EMEA region.
GoodWe, the world's leading manufacturer of photovoltaic inverters and energy storage solutions, has appointed Thomas ...
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29 Mar 2023
Read the full original article here from AptechAfrica
Aptech recently supplied, installed and commissioned a stand-alone solar system at the Falaba District Women Network (FDWN) and (PwDs) Offices.
Two systems were installed, one for PwDs offices that consisted of a 3KVA inverter, and lithium-ion batteries of Polytech 3000c 7.1kWh, 2.97kWp of panels, and a Victron charge controller 150/45A.
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27 Mar 2023
Read the full original article here from Clean Technica
Equator Energy is a fully integrated solar power provider headquarted in Nairobi, Kenya. Equator Energy also has a presence in Uganda, as well as regional staff in South Sudan, Somalia, and Zimbabwe. The design, installation, operation, and maintenance of its solar power plants is all done in-house. Equator Energy was launched in 2016 by M...
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22 Mar 2023
A landmark partnership was signed today to foster the sustainable development and access to energy financing in Africa through the Voluntary Carbon Markets. ENGIE Energy Access — one of the leading off-grid providers in Africa, ENGIE Global Energy Management & Sales (GEMS) – the energy management and sales division of the ENGIE Group, and CarbonClear – a data-driven and innovative carbon...
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21 Mar 2023
5-year partnership agreement will help power houses, C&I and utility projects in Yemen
Dubai, UAE: 21 March 2023 - Trina Solar and Al-Raebi for Trading (Al-Raebi) signed a 5-year partnership agreement to supply 500MW of module shipments for the Yemeni market. Trina Solar will supply Al-Raebi with 100MW of its n-type i-TOPCon cell technology modules in 2023. The 5-year agreement will cater t...
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21 Mar 2023
Read the full original article here from Weareiph
Infinity Power, a joint venture between Egypt’s Infinity and UAE’s Masdar, announced today it has completed the acquisition of the entire shareholding of Lekela Power. The transaction makes Infinity Power the largest renewable energy company on the African continent. Infinity’s key stakeholders include Africa Finance Corpor...
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20 Mar 2023
Read the original full article here for Aptech Africa
Aptech Africa recently commissioned a 1.6kW/205V solar water pump system in M’Baïki in the province of Lobaye about 110km from the city of Bangui (Central African Republic). This project is a donation from the MINUSCA Kenyan contingents to AKA tribal communities.
The works included borehole drilling, supply, and installation of a solar...
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13 Mar 2023
Read the full article here from Evwind
The company, which has presented its new strategic plan for 2022-24, forecasts 44% growth in turnover to nearly €1bn by 2024.
Ingeteam celebrates its 50th anniversary positioning itself as a key player in the energy transition via electrification.
In addition, it plans to invest €210m over the next 3 years, of which €140m will be dedicated to...
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10 Mar 2023
(photo credit: InfraCo - Salima Solar Plant)
Solar in Africa has historically been driven by a limited number of “hot spots” such as South Africa, Morocco and more recently Egypt. While these countries continue leading the charge with important solar initiatives being launched and developed, it is interesting to note that more and more other countries are now also adopting solar.
This me...
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03 Mar 2023
Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI), one of the world's leading investment research firms, recently published the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) rating results. In recognition of its excellence in ESG performance, GoodWe Technologies Co., Ltd (hereinafter referred to as “GoodWe” or the “Company”, Stock Code: 688390.SH), has been upgraded to BBB from BB, which demonstra...
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02 Mar 2023
Read the full original article here from Engie
One year after commissioning the Lolwe hybrid solar 600 kWp mini-grid and its Productive Hub, ENGIE Equatorial is proud to announce the results achieved so far: over 15,000 people now have access to clean electricity, purified water and agro-processing services. 700 businesses are provided with productive energy and will be supported with appliance...
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02 Mar 2023
Read the full original article here from Mybroadband
MTN is collaborating with Huawei to roll out RuralSolar to provide Internet access to remote and rural African communities.
RuralSolar is an affordable solution to make network connectivity available in regions where rolling out networks were previously unviable.
MTN and Huawei completed the first RuralStar proof-of-concept in Ghana in ...
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27 Feb 2023
Read the full original article here from SolarQuarter
Nigerian maritime company, Nigerdock, has completed the first phase of its shift towards renewable energy. The company is developing a 20 MW solar power project at its Snake Island Integrated Free Zone in the Lagos Port Complex, as a part of its wider effort to enable the free zone to achieve green port status.
The development of solar po...
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23 Feb 2023
About the project
The grid-connected solar electrification system of 75kWp PV and 85kWh battery storage for Galkayo General Hospital is among 39 stabilization and peace dividend projects under the SPD project, which is part of an EU-funded Inclusive Local and Economic Development (ILED) Programme, which, in turn, supports the objectives of the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa. This project a...
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23 Feb 2023
JinkoSolar has developed a process via which 92% of the materials which make up a solar panel can be recycled, including cells, front glass, back sheet, aluminium frame, copper wire, encapsulation material and junction box.
Unlike conventional recycling methods which mix materials together, making them difficult to separate, the company’s solution separates the glass and silicon wafer through...
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17 Feb 2023
Read the full original article here from the Aptech Africa
Aptech Africa recently supplied, installed & commissioned off-grid solar systems across Sierra Leone in a projected funded by USAID in partnership with Orange SL.
The systems are comprised of a 1.65 kWp solar PV system with a 9.6 kWh battery bank of 200Ah Soleil Power Lead Acid AGM deep cycle batteries at each of the eleven Commu...
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15 Feb 2023
Recently, JinkoSolar was certified as Top Brand PV© South Africa in the category of Modules in the South African region. The Top Brand PV© Awards is a result of comprehensive primary data-based surveys conducted by EUPD Research among local installers across all sizes on a variety of parameters, such as brand awareness, distribution ranking (depth, width), recommendation levels, satisfaction, an...
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10 Feb 2023
SEETEK focuses on the international photovoltaic and energy storage market by providing leading integrated solutions of photovoltaic + lithium energy storage systems. We hope to accelerate the realization of world zero carbon emission vision and better serve the global residential and C&I users. We have been engaged in the development of China's renewable energy industry for decades and accumu...
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07 Feb 2023
Power availability, quality, and reliability are critical inputs into a successful African manufacturing enterprise. Having heard a lot about the falling cost of energy storage solutions, many factory managers are wondering how to take advantage of these new technologies to strengthen their power supply. But the variety of battery energy storage solution (BESS) options can be overwhelming to those...
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07 Feb 2023
TreeLine Utility Solutions is a Canadian visualization company that offers conceptual designs, photo-realistic renderings, and 3D Modeling of industrial developments. They specialize in providing these services in the energy industry. TreeLine's mission is to help their clients educate and inform stakeholders about upcoming major projects by showing them what the project will look like when it is ...
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03 Feb 2023
Read the full original article here from Aptech Africa
Aptech Africa recently supplied, installed, and commissioned a repair and maintenance on a 6.27kWp of solar PV in a project funded by World Food Programme.
The works included cleaning of existing panels, replacement of batteries with 76.8kWh of Soleil Power batteries and replacement of an inverter with a Victron Quattro 10kVA inverter an...
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02 Feb 2023
Nanyuki, Kenya: Mawingu, a Kenyan based Internet service provider operational in 15 counties, successfully closed their Series B investment bringing onboard new investor InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG). InfraCo Africa's $6 million USD commitment, delivered through its dedicated investment arm, will support Mawingu to roll out infrastructure across Kenya ...
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02 Feb 2023
The Upgraded Vertex N 605W/695W Leads Among Utilities by High Value
Trina Solar has published the Trina Solar 210mm Vertex N Product White Paper in January. The newly upgraded Ace Mix of Vertex n-type modules of 605W+695W with efficiency of 22.4% is setting the standard for power station modules in every aspect, stepping up the industry's acceleration into the ntype era. Trina Solar is committe...
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26 Jan 2023
Read the full original article here from GreenYellow
GreenYellow and Mauritius Commercial Bank Ltd (MCB) complete the financing of one of the largest solar power plants in Mauritius for an amount of Rs 350M (~7.5M EUR).
GreenYellow, an expert in solar photovoltaic production, and MCB have concluded a transaction worth Rs 350M to finance a future solar photovoltaic power plant in Arsenal, loc...
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24 Jan 2023
Read the full original article here from pv magazine
The World Future Energy Summit showed that Middle Eastern solar markets are still driven by utility-scale PV, although the C&I sector shows signs of growth. Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates are the most promising markets for big solar projects, with huge pipelines under development, while Lebanon and Yemen show promise due...
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20 Jan 2023
Read the full original article here from Afrik21
GreenYellow Madagascar obtains a €7.1 million credit guarantee from GuarantCo and the African Guarantee Fund (AGF) for the installation of an electricity storage system in the Ambatolampy solar park
News about the Ambatolampy solar power plant in Madagascar. Its developer GreenYellow Madagascar has obtained a 33 billion ariary (€7.1 million) g...
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18 Jan 2023
Following the successful commissioning of their Sierra Leone Mini grid project which has connected over 13,000 homes and businesses to clean energy, PIDG company InfraCo Africa and PowerGen Renewable Energy (PowerGen) have announced that they are collaborating to roll out further mini-grids in the country. InfraCo Africa has committed up to US$1.2m to the new initiative which will form part of a w...
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18 Jan 2023
Read the full original article here from PV-Tech
Module manufacturer JA Solar has partnered with UAE-based developer AMEA Power to supply modules to a 560MW solar PV project in Egypt.
The partnership extends the collaboration of both companies to provide an integrated solution for the gigawatt-scale solar and wind projects AMEA is working on in Egypt.
Among them is Egypt’s “largest...
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17 Jan 2023
Showcases Product Line Up with New n-Type i-TOPCon Cell Technology
Trina Solar, a leading global PV and smart energy total solution provider, showcased its 2023 product line up of its latest revolutionary i-TOPCon cell technology modules with power of up to 695W+ at the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) taking place in Abu Dhabi; the region’s most influential and international energy summit...
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16 Jan 2023
Read the full article here from Aptech Africa
Aptech Africa recently commissioned a solar PV-hybrid system in Nigeria in a project funded by UNDP.
This system consists of 40kWp of roof-mounted PV generation with 102.6 kWh of lithium-ion battery storage. The system is hybrid and uses energy from both solar and diesel generator. The system has a remote monitoring system which provides informat...
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11 Jan 2023
Read the full original article here from PR Newswire
JA Solar has maintained the highest AAA ranking in PV Tech's recently released Q4 2022 PV ModuleTech bankability ratings report, based on its performance in metrics including shipments and production capacity, combined with technical and financial status.
Vertical integration for high-quality development
The report noted that "JA Solar ...
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11 Jan 2023
Trina Solar has maintained its AAA status for the third consecutive quarter in the PV ModuleTech bankability rankings released by PV Tech for Q4 2022.
The company’s continued presence within the highest category validates its ongoing high performance level in manufacturing capacity, technology innovation, product shipments and financial status and underlines its position as an industry leader...
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10 Jan 2023
JinkoSolar, one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today revealed its Second Generation Tiger Neo panel family – one of the world’s most efficient and powerful solar panels. The upgraded Tiger Neo family includes three series with up to 445Wp for 54-cell, 615Wp for 72-cell, and 635Wp for 78-cell and module efficiency up to 22.27%, 23.23%, and 22.72% res...
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OpenSolar, a software company focused on empowering solar installers with the world’s most accurate and entirely free solar design and sales platform, recently announced a new partnership with Empowered by Light.
OpenSolar is committing 1% of its annual revenue to Empowered by Light projects in order to deploy solar and other renewable energy solutions to vulnerable communities around the wor...
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06 Jan 2023
Telecom Egypt, the first integrated operator of communications and information technology services in Egypt, in cooperation with Huawei Technologies, the leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices, announced the implementation of the first eco-friendly, integrated solution to provide mobile networks via utilizing environmentall...
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21 Dec 2022
By Terje Osmundsen, Founder and CEO, Empower New Energy
Africa’s share of solar PV investments dropped to 0,4 percent in 2021 and is set to plunge again to about 0,35 percent in 2022.
According to IEAs latest publication “Renewables 2022”. Africa is on the verge of a solar energy revolution, almost quadrupling the total installed PV capacity from 7 to 25 Gigawatt by 2027. Unfortunately, ...
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21 Dec 2022
In an effort to advance Africa’s access to clean energy, Solarise Africa was awarded USD 3 million by EDFI ElectriFI to provide tailored financing solutions for decentralised energy solutions to selected commercial and industrial (C&I) customers across the continent.
Solarise Africa provides reliable and affordable renewable energy solutions to businesses in Africa.
“As an existi...
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20 Dec 2022
Read the full original article here from Premium Times
First announced in late September, the deal, having scaled regulatory hurdles, is the latest phase of Shell’s march towards providing clean energy via carbon emissions reduction.
The renewable energy arm of London-based supermajor Shell has brought closure to the purchase of Daystar Power, a West African hybrid solar power solutions p...
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20 Dec 2022
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (“JinkoSolar” or the “Company”) (NYSE: JKS), one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced that it has achieved a major technical breakthrough for its 182 mm high-efficiency N-type monocrystalline silicon solar cell. JinkoSolar has once again set a new record, achieving a maximum solar conversion efficiency of 2...
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20 Dec 2022
Read the full original article here from The Cable
ENGIE Energy Access Nigeria has launched a ‘Going Green’ campaign – a Corporate Social Responsibility initiative to deepen awareness and knowledge of the benefits of green and clean environment on people and the ecosystem.
The Going Green campaign is a CSR platform that was formally kick-started in partnership with the Goshen Internat...
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19 Dec 2022
Appoints Taqa as Local Authorized Distributor in Sudan
Partnership Will Address the Fast-Growing Demand for Solar Energy in Sudan and Africa
Continues to Bring Cutting Edge Technology and Innovation to the Region
Dubai, UAE – 19 December, 2022 – Trina Solar Co., Ltd., a world leading PV and smart energy total solution provider, has announced today the appointment o...
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19 Dec 2022
Read the full original article here from Infraco Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest rate of access to electricity in the world. Approximately 600 million people lack access to electricity and 890 million cook with traditional fuels (IEA, 2018), which results in poor indoor air quality and associated respiratory illness. Off-grid renewable energy has been recognised by governments across ...
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16 Dec 2022
Read the original article here from Aptech Africa
Aptech recently supplied, installed and commissioned a stand-alone solar PV system for an orphanage in Juba, South Sudan.
The system has a roof mounted 11.2kWp of soleil power solar panels and 38.4kWh of battery storage of soleil power OPzV batteries with a Victron inverter, all high-quality products to ensure the system gives maxim efficienc...
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15 Dec 2022
Read the full original article here from En Prnasia
JA Solar announced that it will supply modules for IGNIE 2021-2046, the first renewable hybrid power plant and the first photovoltaic (PV) and waste-to-energy plant, in the IGNIE special economic zone in the Republic of Congo. The project includes a PV energy storage plant of more than 55 MWp and a waste-to-energy plant with a daily waste trea...
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12 Dec 2022
Jinko Solar and Acwa Power, a leading developer, owner, and operator of power generation and water desalination plants, signed an MOU agreement to supply 4GW of highly innovative PV modules of new N type Tiger Neo during a ceremony in Saudi Arabia.
Suadi Arabia has highly ambitious growth plans to expand its renewable energies capacity, the framework agreement will enable both companies to ex...
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09 Dec 2022
Read the full original article here from EE Power
Huawei FusionSolar incorporates fire, electrical, structural, and artificial-intelligence-based safety features into its Smart String energy storage system solution.
The photovoltaic (PV) and smart energy storage solutions provider, Huawei FusionSolar, recently informed its customer base of the safety-enhancing features of its newly rel...
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09 Dec 2022
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (the “Company,” or “JinkoSolar”) (NYSE: JKS), one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today launched their new N-Type PV modules (Tiger Neo) and their Residential and C&I Energy Storage Solution at the Windhoek Country Club in Windhoek, Namibia.
Tiger Neo produces over 3% more power than its current P type mono-P...
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08 Dec 2022
Read the full original article here from Business Tech
Engie SA expects to move forward with three South African solar projects this week as the nation struggles to accelerate a program to add renewable power.
The French developer plans to sign power-purchase agreements for a total of 225 megawatts of solar projects after being selected as a preferred bidder as part of the so-called fifth bi...
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Alors que l’Afrique du Sud s’efforce d’accélérer son programme d’énergie renouvelable, le développeur français Engie compte participer davantage à cet effort en signant des accords d’achat d’électricité pour trois projets d’énergie solaire pour un total de 225 mégawatts.
Engie avait été sélectionné comme soumissionnaire...
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07 Dec 2022
Trina Solar has once again been listed in the recently released BloombergNEF Tier 1 PV Module Maker List, 4Q 2022, thanks to its outstanding reliability, brilliant bankability and leading technology innovation.
The tiering system for PV module products is developed by BNEF based on bankability and a set of strict criteria, to create a transparent differentiation between the hundre...
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07 Dec 2022
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While Africa’s solar industry is abuzz with dynamic developments in nascent market segments such as commercial and industrial PV, mini-grids remain a backbone of African solar. Recent developments in the off-grid stronghold of Nigeria, and a promising new market in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), give testimony to the enduring importance of local, self-sufficient powe...
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06 Dec 2022
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'Africa's cheapest green power' as China's Envision and JA picked for gigascale Egypt wind and solar
02 Dec 2022
Read the original full article here from Recharge New
IFC and commercial banks help finance developer AMEA Power to build 500MW plants that will generate 'at some of least expensive rates globally
More than a gigawatt of wind and solar set for construction in Egypt will produce Africa’s cheapest green power, said the International Finance Corporation (IFC) as it helped to close a $1.1bn fi...
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02 Dec 2022
Read the original full article here from Afrik21
As part of its activities in Uganda, the Beyond the Grid for Africa (BGFA) programme is selecting two companies to receive a grant for the installation of solar home systems. The grant, awarded following a call for expressions of interest, will help electrify 1.8 million people in Uganda.
The results of the Beyond the Grid for Africa (BGFA) ca...
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01 Dec 2022
Harare, Zimbabwe: InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), has signed an agreement committing US$2 million to scale the offering of Mobility for Africa, an electric mobility company delivering affordable, cargo-carrying e-tricycles and solar-powered battery charging solutions for underserved communities in rural Zimbabwe.
Mobility for Africa’s Director and ...
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01 Dec 2022
With the successful completion of the USD74 million equity fund-raising led by Climate Fund Managers (CFM) and including Norfund and Janeiro Energy, Empower New Energy announces the execution of two new solar investments totaling USD 3 million in Morocco and Nigeria.
The equity raise and these first projects pave the way for Empower New Energy (Empower) to develop, finance, own and operate an i...
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01 Dec 2022
Read the original full article here from Aptech Africa
Aptech Africa recently supplied, installed and commissioned solar mini grid system for IRC Kono Office, Kono guest house and Kenema office. These systems have a roof-mounted 32kWp of solar PV with 57.7kWh of 200Ah Soleil Power lead acid battery storage in total.
The systems were fitted with nine 250/85A Victron MPPT charge controllers.
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01 Dec 2022
Read the original full article here from Bboxx
Bboxx, a super platform providing access to essential products and services, and its partner EDF, a global leader in low-carbon energies, in Togo, have secured an €11m loan from the Off Grid Energy Access Fund (“OGEF”) managed by Lion’s Head Global Partners Asset Management (“LHGPAM”), enabling them to ramp up their clean electrificatio...
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30 Nov 2022
Read the full original article here from Aptech
Aptech Africa is pleased to report that it has erected 12 MWp of solar panels in Juba, South Sudan for Ezra Construction. Aptech Africa has been permanently located in South Sudan since 2011, and is the EPC company of choice for solar installations within the country. Its team has carried out the EPC works, including the assessment, design, and so...
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30 Nov 2022
Trina Solar has been awarded as bankable by all survey respondents in the PV Module and Inverter Bankability 2022 report issued by BloombergNEF. With this report, Trina Solar is now the only module manufacturer to be rated as bankable for 7 consecutive years by 100% of the industry respondents participating in the annual BloombergNEF survey.
The BloombergNEF PV Module and Inverter Bankabi...
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28 Nov 2022
Read the original full article here from africa.com
Huawei Embarks On Programme To Upskill 1000 Solar Practitioners In Sub-Saharan Africa
The first batch of over 100 South African solar industry practitioners received training from Huawei this week in Johannesburg, South Africa, marking the official kick-off of Huawei’s “Thousand Digital Power Talents Programme”. The programme aims to upsk...
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24 Nov 2022
Read the full original article here from AIIM
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (“AIIM”), one of Africa’s largest infrastructure-focused private equity fund managers, has agreed to provide initial equity funding of up to USD90 million (ZAR1.6 billion) to support the establishment of a new renewable energy platform NOA Group Holdings (Pty) Ltd (“NOA”) to deliver net zero e...
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24 Nov 2022
Lion’s Head Group (“Lion’s Head”) managed fund, the Facility for Energy Inclusion (“FEI”), signs its first transaction in the commercial and industrial solar market and acts as arranger for a USD 33.4 million multi-country facility for Solarise Africa, a pan-African Energy-as-a-Service company.
On November 1st, 2022, the Facility for Energy Inclusion (“FEI”) signed its first tr...
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17 Nov 2022
Read the full original article here from Solar Quarter
LONGi launched the Hi-MO 6 in Dubai, its first module designed exclusively for the global distributed consumer market. Using LONGi’s high-efficiency HPBC cell technology, Hi-MO 6 achieves a maximum efficiency of 22.8% in mass production. Designed to meet the needs of diverse clients, the Hi-MO 6 offers superior efficiency, safety, and aes...
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16 Nov 2022
SHANGRAO, China, November 15, 2022 -- JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (the "Company," or "JinkoSolar") (NYSE: JKS), one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced that following the record of maximum solar conversion efficiency of 26.1% recently set by its 182 mm and above large-size monocrystalline silicon TOPCon solar cell, the maximum solar conversi...
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16 Nov 2022
Read the original article here from Meda Frica
Chinese technology company Huawei has invested over 58 million euros (60 million dollars) in a technology park, which will train 10 thousand Angolans and has innovation centers and advanced technologies, inaugurated yesterday by the Angolan President, João Lourenço.
The Huawei Technologies technology park in Luanda is the third in Africa, afte...
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15 Nov 2022
JinkoSolar had the privilege to be part of the COP27 as a representative of CNECC – China New Energy Chamber of Commerce, Jinko was present at the CNECC pavilion in the blue zone. JinkoSolar’s Sales Manager for North-East Africa, Hossam Hassan participated in one of the sessions as a panelist focusing on the Green Finance and Chinese Industries Tackling Climate Change on the 12th of November 2...
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15 Nov 2022
Trina Solar’s Vertex modules were recently awarded Carbon Footprint Certificate by TÜV Rheinland. The products cover a full range of 210mm P-type solar modules from Vertex S 410W to Vertex 670W, with industry-leading carbon emissions ranging from 395kg/kW to 430kg/kW, 30kg/kW to 40kg/kW lower compared with high-efficiency modules in the market.
The assessment follows the requirements of ISO ...
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14 Nov 2022
This year the COP 27 global climate summit taking place at Sharm el-Sheikh Egypt, seeking to ensure full implementation of the Paris Agreement. COP27 is also taking place against the backdrop of inadequate rising greenhouse gas emissions and intensification of droughts and floods due to climate change.
Empower New Energy’s CEO Terje Osmundsen will be in attendance, addressing the issues ...
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10 Nov 2022
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Bank of America and CrossBoundary Energy will explore financing solutions to expand the latter’s renewable energy portfolio across Africa, the commercial and industrial (C&I) solar developer announced at the COP27 conference this week.
CrossBoundary said that the blended finance transaction will support the delivery of its pipeline of 22...
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09 Nov 2022
JinkoSolar recently announced its third-quarter shipment and production figures, which will show a recovery from the previous quarter’s slight slowdown, when Tiger Neo production was affected by COVID 19 control measures, together with a sharp increase in profitability for the quarter.
According to VP Dany Qian, the company has significantly increased Tiger Neo production during Q3 and will b...
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08 Nov 2022
Trina Solar, the global PV and smart energy total solutions provider, has unveiled its latest head-turner, the Vertex N 595W for C&I and utility-scale projects. Together with the Vertex N 690W for utility scenarios and Vertex S+ 445W for rooftop PV systems, Trina Solar’s n-type module portfolio is based on the leading 210 product technology platform and n-type i-TOPCon cell technology. The r...
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08 Nov 2022
On the opening day of COP27, InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) has announced that it will invest US$15m into a newly established guarantee company, alongside a US$5m commitment from Cardano Development. The announcement was made as part of a KES 500bn package of new investment from the UK to support Kenya’s leadership on climate change.
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07 Nov 2022
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The 325MW PV module facility jointly built by Talesun Solar and ARTsolar was formally put into operation in South Africa.
Representatives from the local government, industry associations and banks were present at the ceremony. Talesun Solar president Dong Shuguang was honored to be invited as a guest. Mr. Dong, on behalf of Talesun Solar, ...
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07 Nov 2022
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Infinity Power Holding, the joint venture between the UAE’s Masdar and Egypt’s Infinity, announced on Saturday that the solar photovoltaic (PV) plant it has developed in Sharm El-Sheikh is now fully operational – ready to provide clean, renewable energy to ‘Conference of the Parties’ COP27, the United Nations climate change conferenc...
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07 Nov 2022
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Zambia is poised to be the latest African market to legislate for the introduction of net metering as a means of driving forward the continent’s energy transition.
With big-solar making impressive advances and commercial and industrial (C&I) arrays the focus of much market activity of late, the role rooftop panels can have in phasing out fossil fuels fi...
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07 Nov 2022
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Nigerian Breweries Plc (NB) and CrossBoundary Energy has announced the commencement of two renewable energy (solar and battery storage hybrid) projects for NB Plc’s Ibadan and Ama breweries in Oyo and Enugu States.
Valued at the sum of $10 million, this will be one of the largest renewable energy projects for a business in Nigeria, the br...
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04 Nov 2022
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More than 250 families in the city of Walikale (North Kivu) will be supplied with electricity by the end of November 2022, thanks to the electrification project of a solar power plant by the company Nduma Kasha, a private company under Congolese law.
About 45 KW will be produced to supply more than 250 families in the city of Walikale. This is a g...
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02 Nov 2022
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With installers who cater to African businesses making the headlines this year, Jasper Graf von Hardenberg – whose C&I solar business was recently bought by Shell – explains here how the story of the continent’s commercial and industrial (C&I) solar segment was far from an overnight success.
For Africa’s commercial and in...
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01 Nov 2022
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Nextracker's first solar installation in Uganda is complete. Together with Medical Teams International and Mandulis Energy, we installed a 7.7Kwh solar system with 19Kwh battery storage and a remote monitoring system at the Nyumanzi clinic. This system displaces costly diesel generators that the clinic previously used to get just two ho...
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01 Nov 2022
Le village de Drodro est situé en territoire de Djugu, province de l'Ituri, à plus de 64 km de la ville de Bunia. Nous avons installé un système de pompage qui repose sur un bassin de collecte d'eau rempli à partir de 3 sources qui partage dans le village grâce à une pompe à eau solaire Lorentz.
• 69 m3 d'eau stockée dans des réservoirs.
• 792 volts CC alimente la pompe Lorentz.
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28 Oct 2022
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Crossboundary Energy Access (CBEA) and ENGIE Energy Access have signed a $60 million agreement to finance the construction of a portfolio of mini-grids connecting 150,000 people to power in Nigeria.
While ENGIE has developed a pipeline of mini-grids to build for the next four years, CBEA will finance all the development and construction activitie...
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27 Oct 2022
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Aptech Africa is pleased to report that it has erected 12 MWp of solar panels in Juba, South Sudan for Ezra Construction. Aptech Africa has been permanently located in South Sudan since 2011, and is the EPC company of choice for solar installations within the country. Its team has carried out the EPC works, including the assessment, design, and sola...
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27 Oct 2022
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8 energy startups from 5 African countries (Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda) have gone through Startup|Energy’s Energy Camps in the last 12 months. They were selected from a total of 156 applications received. Their business areas are: Energy storage, battery recycling, cooling, health, agriculture, e-mobility.
All early-stage star...
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25 Oct 2022
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A successful tourism player respects and highly values the surrounding natural and social environment and is aware that while addressing the needs of their own business and guests, they must also consider the environmental impact.
The adoption of sustainable tourism practices allows hospit...
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21 Oct 2022
Solar power providing desalinated clean water to Egyptian farmers - That is the essence of the investment agreement signed at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Cairo, in the presence of H.E Ambassador Mrs. Hilde Klemetsdal on the 10th of Oct 2022. The agreement was signed between Engazaat – a leading Egyptian solar-water developer and Empower New Energy - a leading renewable investment platform com...
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20 Oct 2022
Solar-as-a-service provider ecoligo closes €10 million funding round from FRV-X
Investment enables ecoligo to provide solar energy to more companies in emerging markets and take on the climate crisis through accelerated growth
Collaboration expands access to clean power and contributes to global democratization of the energy transition
Berlin, October 17, 2022 Impact investment pro...
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19 Oct 2022
A Congolese government project funded by UNICEF uses solar energy to store medicines in refrigerators. GoShop has developed the containerized solution “GoShop Solar Unit” designed as a “Plug&Play” solution. This solution allows hospitals to keep medicines cool thanks to the energy produced 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It can also be connected to the electrical network of a university...
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17 Oct 2022
Jinko solar announced that it has achieved a major technical breakthrough for its 182 mm high-efficiency N-type monocrystalline silicon solar cell. JinkoSolar has set a new record again with the maximum solar conversion efficiency of 26.1% for its 182 mm and above large-size monocrystalline silicon TOPCon solar cell. This result has been independently confirmed by the National Institute of Metrolo...
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13 Oct 2022
From 27 till 29 September, renewable energy professionals gathered in Cape Town to attend ARIS - the Africa Renewables Investment Summit.
More than 300 delegates from 22 countries participated in the 3-day event which aimed at catalyzing renewable energy investment across the continent.
Investment remains a critical component of Africa’s energy transition journey. In order to achieve a real...
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13 Oct 2022
Shanghai Electric Group announced that Phase B of the 900MWac DEWA phase V of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park (the “DEWA phase V Project”) will achieve commercial operation in October 2022. Jinko Solar, as the sole solar module supplier for the DEWA phase V project, supplied its advanced bifacial solar photovoltaic power generation technology to Shanghai Electric Group.
The inst...
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12 Oct 2022
Opens new distribution facility in East Africa, caters to rapidly-increasing demand for solar energy in country and East Africa region
New photovoltaic technology boosts performance, more suitable for hot climes, generates large amounts of energy even in limited spaces
Dubai, UAE - 12 October, 2022 – Trina Solar Co., Ltd., a world leading PV and smart energy total solution provid...
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04 Oct 2022
CrossBoundary Energy is commissioning a solar photovoltaic power plant with storage system in Tonkolili, Sierra Leone. The new facility provides clean electricity for forestry company Miro Forestry and Timber Products' factory.
Part of Miro Forestry and Timber Products’ operations are now powered by solar energy. This is thanks to a solar photovoltaic plant that was commissioned a few days ...
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03 Oct 2022
InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) has signed an agreement with Equatorial Power (EP), committing US$1.7m to scale the company’s innovative mini-grid model in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda.
The project will see the companies co-develop four new mini-grids and four agri-processing hubs (APHs) on Idjwi Island, DRC, followed by a f...
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29 Sep 2022
Norwegian company closes USD 74 million equity deal to finance solar energy for commercial and industrial off-takers
Today, at the Africa Renewables Investment Summit (ARIS) taking place in Cape Town, South Africa, the Norwegian solar development and investment company Empower New Energy (Empower) signed a landmark agreement to raise USD 74 million from a consortium led by Climate Fund Managers ...
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29 Sep 2022
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 29 September 2022: Trina Solar, the leading global PV and smart energy total solution provider, has once again been ranked ‘AAA’, the highest category in the latest Q3’22 PV Module Tech Bankability Ratings report by PV-Tech.
Based on the manufacturing and financial health of companies, the report ranks the bankability of PV module suppliers from AAA, the hi...
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29 Sep 2022
Shell has made its first power sector acquisition in Africa with the purchase of a Nigerian renewable energy provider, as the oil major seeks to build out a green energy business that will eventually reduce its dependence on fossil fuels.
Daystar Power, which operates in Nigeria, Ghana and three other countries across west Africa, provides solar power and battery solutions to business and indus...
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28 Sep 2022
CrossBoundary Energy Access Nigeria (CBEA) and ENGIE Energy Access Nigeria (ENGIE) are announcing a project finance agreement to build a $60 million portfolio of mini-grids that will connect over 150,000 people to electricity in Nigeria.
ENGIE has developed a pipeline of mini-grids to build over the next four years. CBEA will finance all of the development and construction activities and wi...
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28 Sep 2022
China's Trina Solar has introduced two new series of products featuring an N-TOPCon configuration.
It designed the Vertex N line commercial, industrial, and utility-scale applications, and the Vertex S+ line for residential rooftop PV systems. The two products were recently introduced at the RE+ conference in Anaheim, California.
Trina Solar Marketing Manager Melissa Cavanagh told pv magazi...
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27 Sep 2022
Aptech Africa recently commissioned a 35.5 KWp grid-tied system in Maseru, Lesotho in a project funded by UNDP.
This 35.5 KWp grid-tied roof-mounted system was installed using a Goodwe three phase inverter. The system has a SEC1000 controller which controls the inverter from feeding power to the grid and is also able to send data to a remote monitoring dashboard on how much energy is generated ...
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22 Sep 2022
Leading East and West African renewable energy provider, Starsight Energy, merges with renowned South African solar energy enabler, SolarAfrica, to expand their operations into South Africa
Key Highlights
The merged group, subject to regulatory approvals, will be a pure-play commercial and industrial (“C&I”) service provider, covering the full scope of C&I projects, from roofto...
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21 Sep 2022
The past week and a half has been quite a week for small businesses who constantly take a knock as a result of the unstable electricity supply in the country. In as much as South Africa is the most industrialized and most economically developed country in Sub-Saharan Africa, it's woes with electricity are really costing the average small business a lot of money. Going for an average of 4 to 6 hour...
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20 Sep 2022
LONGi has announced a new world record conversion efficiency of 26.12% for its p-type
silicon heterojunction (HJT) cells. The record, validated in testing carried out by the
Institute for Solar Energy Research (ISFH) in Hamelin, Germany, was achieved on full-
size (M6, 274.3cm 2 ) gallium-doped p-type monocrystalline wafers and is the highest
record for p-type cell efficiency to date, further ...
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16 Sep 2022
Excellent Performance in Reliability, Compatibility and Lower LCOE
The world’s leading independent advisory, testing, inspection and certification organization, UL (Underwriters Laboratories), published a bankability study report on Trina Solar’s Vertex series modules. Twelve models of Vertex modules were shown to have excellent performance in reliability, compatibility and lowering...
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16 Sep 2022
210mm Vertex modules with power output up to 580W and efficiency up to 21.5%
Technology boosts performance and is more suitable for hot climates, produces large amounts of energy even in limited spaces
Trina Solar, the leading global provider for photovoltaic (PV) modules and smart energy solutions are announcing the availability of the new Next-Generation Photovoltaic Vertex Panels to the Middl...
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14 Sep 2022
LONGi and A.P. Moller-Maersk, the global integrated container logistics company, have held a joint ceremony in Shanghai to mark a donation project for the African country of Malawi. Representing the two companies to launch the project were, from LONGi’s global sales and marketing centre, the president for the MEA and CA region, Mr Jia Chao, and Ms Xu Liyu, marketing director for Maersk Asia Paci...
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14 Sep 2022
GoodWe (Stock Code: 688390), a world leading PV inverter and energy storage solutions manufacturer, launched its powerful single-phase, low-voltage hybrid inverter - ES G2 Series. Taking changing demands of households into consideration, the inverter comes with improved features for the residential customer segment, such as optimized energy backup, peak shaving, and system flexibility. ...
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13 Sep 2022
Empower New Energy (“Empower”) and Multiconsult have entered a partnership aiming to accelerate renewable energy projects through due diligence services, development of financial models, country specific assistance advisory and general commercial advisory. The partnership is enabled through support from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), a fund managed by the African Development Ba...
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07 Sep 2022
UK-based power company Bboxx has bought West Africa-based solar energy provider PEG Africa, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.
The acquisition gives Bboxx access to new markets in Senegal, Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Mali, bringing its total operating markets to 10 countries, it said.
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30 Aug 2022
On the evening of August 26, 2022, JinkoSolar (688223.SH) disclosed its 2022 semi-annual performance report. The report shows that in the first half of 2022, the company's performance increased significantly year-on-year, achieving operating revenue of 33.407 billion, up 112.44% year-on-year; achieving net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies of 905 million, up 60.14% year-on-ye...
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25 Aug 2022
Solar hybrid systems are power systems that combine solar power from the sun with another energy source like the grid (UMEME) or a generator. The sun’s energy absorbed by the solar panels goes through the charge controller, batteries and inverters to create usable electricity to power your home, office or business.
Extra energy that is not used to power your home goes to your home battery fo...
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22 Aug 2022
What does Africa's energy sector have to do with the war against Putin and climate change? Admittedly, in a global context, Africa's consumption of oil is modest. But nevertheless, Africa imports of petroleum products equals the size of all Russia's export; 2 million barrels per day. And more importantly: More than 70 per cent of Africa’s fast-growing consumption of electricity is fuelled by fos...
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19 Aug 2022
Mohamad Mneimneh, founder of Mashriq Energy, a company providing turnkey solar photovoltaic solutions, described how there are some solar initiatives at the community level.
However, such projects require several permits and coordination between many different stakeholders, while red tape and the lack of a distribution system hinder their development, he added.
Mashriq Energy recently won a ten...
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16 Aug 2022
Households, smallholders and entrepreneurs in remote locations across Benin will be able to access reliable and cheap electricity for the first time under a new off-grid solar scheme agreed between leading solar energy company ENGIE Energy Access and the European Investment Bank, one of the world’s largest financiers of renewable energy.
The European Investment Bank has agreed to provide a EU...
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12 Aug 2022
JinkoSolar, one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced it was named as the top 50 Forbes China Most Innovative Companies 2022, reaffirming its continuous innovation and achievements.
Forbes evaluates the nominee's innovation ability in terms of business model, enterprise R&D investment, core independent intellectual property right...
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12 Aug 2022
The standard operating temperature of a PV module is higher than the ambient temperature. Under continuous exposure to extreme high temperatures, the temperature of a module at a solar power plant can reach 75°C or more, and the working temperature of its internal cells may be even higher.
Existing base testing parameters commonly set the maximum temperature for a PV module at 85°C, however, ...
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The crypto industry has been growing exponentially over the past years which has aroused the curiosity of several companies on how it could be applied in different sectors and especially the solar one. Over the past few months, a pilot project led by SustainSolar and Earth Wind and Power has been conducted to improve energy efficiency by converting excess energy from SustainSolar’s off-grid sola...
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09 Aug 2022
InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), has today announced a US$43 million anchor investment into Climate, Energy Access and Resilience (CLEAR), a climate-focused fund advised by Helios Investment Partners (Helios). The design of the CLEAR Fund was refined and realised by PIDG and InfraCo Africa through the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s ...
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01 Aug 2022
ff-grid, pay-as-you-go, PAYGo, solar home systems, ENGIE Energy Access, has launched MySol Academy in Nigeria for capacity building.
MySol Academy is a strategic learning initiative that improves the technical and behavioural capabilities of its staff by equipping them with vital skills to become future business leaders.
The Managing Director of the company in Nigeria, Mr. Bankole Cardoso, s...
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01 Aug 2022
British International Investment (BII) and FMO have announced a $116m joint commitment to African Infrastructure Investment Fund 4 (AIIF4), managed by African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM).
Anchor investor BII, the UK’s development finance institution, has committed $76m, and FMO, the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, has committed $40m.
Their investment aims to support A...
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29 Jul 2022
Aptech Africa recently commissioned a PV-hybrid system in Cameroon in a project funded by UNDP.
This system includes 18.36 KWp of roof-mounted PV generation with 25.2 KWh of lithium ion battery storage. The system is hybrid and uses energy from both solar and the grid. The system has a remote monitoring system which provides information on energy generation via daily graphs, load capacity, curr...
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LONGi's Hi-MO 5 modules, based on 182mm cells, have now been delivered to clients in 94 countries, with total shipments exceeding 30GW and the company’s design philosophy validated by the product’s popularity with customers.
Hi-MO 5 modules are not only ideal for utility-scale power plants, but are also widely applicable for the DG market. In depth analysis suggests that Hi-MO 5 is widely...
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21 Jul 2022
JA Solar and TÜV Nord have reported the results of a one-year energy yield test carried out at the CPVT National Photovoltaic Experimental Base at Yinchuan. The aim of the test was to study and verify the power generation and operating temperature performance of different types of module.
Between February 2021 and 2022, the two organisations tested the power generation capacity of a JA Solar n...
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15 Jul 2022
Jinko Solar Holding Co., Ltd. (the “Company,” or “Jinko Solar”) (NYSE: JKS), one of the largest and most
innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today the 15 th of July 2022, launched its new N-
Type module, the Tiger Neo, and presented the Energy Storage Solutions at Eko Hotels & Suites in Lagos,
Nigeria.
Tiger Neo produces over 3% more power than its P-PERC coun...
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15 Jul 2022
KLP and Norfund made the investment together, via KLP Norfund Investments. KLP is Norway’s largest pension company. Norfund manages the joint fund.
CrossBoundary president CIO Pieter Joubert said the Norwegian investment was “aligned with our belief that the business sector across Africa should be able to benefit from cheaper, cleaner and more reliable power”. The company aims to have a p...
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Aptech recently commissioned an integrated hybrid system at the UNDP office in Somaliland. This system has a generation capacity of 25 KWp using 76 pcs of 340 Wp solar panels and the storage capacity of 62.4KWh using 13 pcs of 100 Ah Bolt power lithium ion batteries. The system uses a 20 KW SOFAR Inverter, which is a PV hybrid inverter with inbuilt charge controllers to supply power to the entire ...
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13 Jul 2022
Nigeria's solar companies are seeing a surge in demand for mini-grids and equipment as businesses in Africa's biggest oil producer look for alternative power sources after the cost of diesel soared locally due to rising global oil prices.
Supply constraints could, however, hamper their ability to capitalize on the trend, with some saying they have begun to turn away customers because they are una...
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12 Jul 2022
Advanced PV products, local market and supply chains have been at the center of discussions in the PVModuleTech Conference in Napa, California. Trina Solar and many industry professionals discussed Vertex product technology and value through an in-depth analysis of the outstanding product value and bankability rating of Vertex 600W+ modules, agreeing that 600W+ modules have become the first choice...
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08 Jul 2022
CFAO Kenya Limited a subsidiary of CFAO group (Corporation for Africa and Overseas) proceeds to invest in OFGEN Limited a leader of solar PV installation for commercial and industrial use in East Africa.
CFAO Kenya has worked with OFGEN Limited since 2018 to solarize CFAO Group-owned premises within Kenya and Uganda. CFAO group will continue to leverage on OFGEN’s expertise in commercial sola...
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08 Jul 2022
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The town of Toto in the central Nigerian state of Nasarawa, near the national capital of Abuja, is wired for electricity. Though poles and wires dot the landscape, people live without power.
In what John Ufeoshi calls a “win-win-win” arrangement, microgrid developer PowerGen is building a mini-grid for Toto that will supply reliable power during the daytime, while ...
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07 Jul 2022
• Cette centrale solaire est la première centrale électrique du pays mise en service dans le cadre d’un Partenariat Public-Privé de producteur indépendant d’électricité.
• Ce projet, réalisé par GreenYellow, vise à renforcer la sécurité énergétique du pays, avec une solution énergétique renouvelable et durable.
• Ce projet renforce l’implantation et la croissance de Gr...
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This PV power plant is the first power plant in the country to be commissioned under a Public-Private Partnership for independent electricity production.
This project, carried out by GreenYellow, aims to strengthen the country's energy security with a renewable and sustainable energy solution.
This project strengthens GreenYellow's presence and growth in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Led by t...
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07 Jul 2022
The 10GW High-Efficiency Solar Cells and 5GW High-Efficiency Modules Project in JA Solar Qujing Base was ceremoniously started. It is now the best moment for Qujing PV Industry to develop. JA Solar takes the lead in investing in Qujing City to build the solar module project, with the aim to proactively build a “green PV energy base” across the whole industry chain. JA Solar invests R...
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06 Jul 2022
Concession agreements signed for four PV plants totaling 50 MW under the Millennium Challenge Account Benin II program
These plants will be located in Bohicon (15 MW), Parakou (15 MW), Djougou (10 MW) and Natitingou (10 MW)
GreenYellow is already present in Africa with more than 100 MWp of PV projects commissioned
GreenYellow, a global leader in decentralized solar power generation an...
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05 Jul 2022
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Bboxx, a Pan-African super platform providing access to essential products and services, and Orange, a major telecommunications operator, have partnered to launch a new connected community through an ABC model (Anchor Business Community). The mini-grid project helps to accelerate the provision of clean energy access for households across the Democratic Republic o...
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05 Jul 2022
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The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) has signed financing agreements with several companies to electrify at least 580,000 households and small businesses. This new round of financing benefits three African countries.
The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) is strengthening its position on the African continent’s energy scene through a new init...
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Signature de conventions de concession pour quatre centrales solaires photovoltaïques totalisant 50 MW dans le cadre du programme Millenium Challenge Account Bénin II
• Ces centrales seront localisées à Bohicon (15 MW), Parakou (15 MW), Djougou (10 MW) et Natitingou (10 MW)
• GreenYellow est déjà présent en Afrique avec plus de 100 MWc de projets solaires mis en service
GreenYellow...
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05 Jul 2022
JinkoSolar has kicked off the construction of its latest n-type solar cell and module production plant in Jianshan, Haining city. On Tuesday the firm held a traditional ground-breaking ceremony at the factory location, in Jianshan Industry Park. On this site, JinkoSolar will produce 11GW of n-type cell with average efficiency of 25%, which could be the world’s first 10GW-scale factory to mass pr...
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29 Jun 2022
Achieving universal energy access is a mammoth task which requires continuous innovation by mini-grid companies regarding technology and business models. The largest challenge to be addressed by innovation is the demand risk. Electricity demand development over time depends substantially on factors like “level of entrepreneurship” and “access to capital from family and friends”, which can ...
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28 Jun 2022
JinkoSolar, one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, participated and exhibited at the just-ended Africa Energy Forum AEF2022 from 21-24 June, at Tour & Taxis, Brussels. Jinko’s team presented at the booth meeting potential customers and prospects to talk about the latest technology innovation and products.
The 24th Africa Energy Forum 2022 was held ...
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27 Jun 2022
JinkoSolar, one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced that it has signed a strategic co-operation agreement with CIMC Raffles, a leading offshore equipment Engineering Procurement & Construction (EPC) company, to mutually develop offshore solar projects based on JinkoSolar’s leading N-type technology. According to the agreement, the parti...
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27 Jun 2022
Trina Solar, the world’s leading PhotoVoltaic (PV) and smart energy total solution provider, was awarded the LCA certificate for its 210mm Vertex modules by TÜV Rheinland, becoming the first solar company to receive LCA certification for 210mm modules. With the advantage of 210mm wafers, the Vertex modules achieve industry leading low carbon emissions.
Since Trina Solar was founded 25 years ...
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27 Jun 2022
The 3rd edition of the AFSIA Solar Awards 2022, once again organized in collaboration with the Africa Energy Forum, ended in a magnificent event live on June 23rd. The winners of the 13 categories were revealed and recognized during this occasion.
Over the last few months, more than 130 entries from all over the continent were submitted in various categories. The Jury, which included some of Afri...
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24 Jun 2022
Solarise Africa, a pan-African Energy-as-a-Service company, announces that they are joining the “Women For Green Jobs” program to increase gender equality across their operations.
“At Solarise Africa, we value gender diversity and are committed to providing an inclusive environment for women in the workplace,” said Jan-Albert Valk, CEO and Co-Founder of Solarise Africa. “We are proud...
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24 Jun 2022
Empower New Energy, the Norwegian solar investment company has partnered with Barry Callebaut - Ghana to expand solar production at their manufacturing site in Tema. The Barry Callebaut Group is the world's leading manufacturer of chocolate and cocoa products with HQ in Zurich. Empower New Energy signed a contract with Barry Callebaut Group to install Solar PV panels on their factory site. The 6...
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24 Jun 2022
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Grand Square has partnered with Daystar Power to install 1.3MW solar systems to power three of its retail stores across Nigeria.
Grand Square has partnered with Daystar Power, a leading provider of solar power solutions to West Africa’s industrial manufacturers, to install 1.3MW solar systems to power three of its retail stores across Nigeria.
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24 Jun 2022
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On the sidelines of the Africa Energy Forum (AEF) currently taking place in Brussels, Engie Energy Access signed a €10 million loan agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB). This loan will allow the electrification of 643,000 people via solar home systems.
This is one of the first outcomes of the Africa Energy Forum (AEF) which opened on Tuesd...
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15 Jun 2022
Trina Solar has once again made it to the list of tier 1 PV module makers in the Bloomberg New Energy Finance market outlook for the second quarter, thanks to its outstanding reliability, 100% bankability and expanding production capacity. With the AAA rating, the highest category, in the PV Module Tech Bankability report published last week, Trina Solar has become the only module supplier a...
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15 Jun 2022
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Engie Energy Access, the subsidiary of the French group Engie specialising in electrification via autonomous solar systems, is launching a participatory financing platform for sub-Saharan Africa. This project, implemented in partnership with the Energy Web organisation, aims to accelerate the deployment of off-grid solar energy.
One of the obstacles to a...
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09 Jun 2022
Trina Solar, the leading global PV and smart energy total solution provider, has been ranked ‘AAA’, the highest category, in the latest PV Module Tech Bankability report published by PV-Tech.
Based on a proprietary analytical model to establish bankability scores and ratings, the report combines both the manufacturing and financial health of companies, the latest issue covering more than 50...
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08 Jun 2022
JinkoSolar, one of the largest and most innovative PV module manufacturers in the world, today announced that it has forged a 50MWh distribution strategic agreement of energy storage system with Palette Business Solutions Limited, a renewable energy firm committed to the distribution of high-quality cutting edge solar energy products and solutions in the world. The agreement states that Palette wi...
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07 Jun 2022
His Excellency Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of the Republic of Malawi, has presided over an official inauguration ceremony to mark the addition of 20MWac of additional clean energy to Malawi’s national grid. Following the inauguration of its 60MWac sister plant - Salima Solar - late last year, the Golomoti Solar plant in Dedza reached commercial operations in March 2022. Developed by...
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06 Jun 2022
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Solar and renewable energy solutions supplier, Jubaili Bros, and its partners have presented a 10KW (kilowatt) solar energy system to the Glorious Hand Foundation in Koforidua.
This is to enable the Foundation to power its energy demands and to reduce the challenge of electricity bills.
The Foundation, which currently uses about 1.5KW solar pow...
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06 Jun 2022
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), one of Africa’s largest and most experienced infrastructure-focused private equity fund managers and a member of Old Mutual Alternative Investments (OMAI), has acquired – through its IDEAS Managed Fund (IDEAS) – majority stakes in three new solar power plants in South Africa.
The 30MW portfolio of facilities, which reached financial...
Read more01 Jun 2022
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For this 3rd edition of the “Solar Awards”, AFSIA (The Africa Solar Industry Association) is pleased to announce the nominees in the 13 different categories. The high level and the number of applications show, once again, the vitality of the solar energy sector...
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30 May 2022
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JA Solar celebrates its 2022 new product launch event on May 18, with the release of its first n-type PV module DeepBlue 4.0 X. This innovative new product offering marks the company's first entry into the n-type PV product market.
Based on the 182 wafer, which boasts the most mature supply chain and industry-wide recognition, the DeepBlue ...
Read more26 May 2022
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Although 74 percent of healthcare facilities in sub-Saharan Africa have some form of access to electricity, surveys show that only 28 percent of such facilities, on average, have a reliable energy supply (i.e., when power is available during all regular service hours). Energy access rates tend to be lower for healthcare facilities...
Read more25 May 2022
Vertex 670W Modules Achieve Excellent Results in The PVEL Reliability Test
Trina Solar has once again been placed as a “Top Performer” 2022 among global PV module manufacturers by PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), a world-renowned third-party reliability testing laboratory, after months of rigorous testing. This is the eighth recognition in a row, making Trina Solar the solar company with the ...
Read more25 May 2022
UL employees from the company’s Johannesburg office, along with leadership and staff from Watts of Love and the Acorn Foundation, distributed the UL-certified lights directly to residents of Olievenhoutbosch Extension 24, located in Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa. The solar-powered lights are intended to help eliminate dependency on dangerous and costly kerosene as a light source, improving t...
Read more19 May 2022
Based on the financial statements of leading module manufacturers, several authoritative organizations have ranked the global PV and smart energy total solutions provider Trina Solar second worldwide in its shipments of 8GW modules. This is consistent with findings by PV InfoLink, an authoritative PV analysis agency, and PV-Tech, a world-renowned PV media outlet, which ranked global module sh...
Read more17 May 2022
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Bboxx Rwanda, a next-generation utility, has launched a new entry-level brand, “Flexx by Bboxx”, to provide affordable, reliable, and flexible clean energy solutions to those at the bottom of the energy ladder.
The launch of “Flexx by Bboxx,” the latest addition to Bboxx’s wide range of products, took place on the sidelines of this y...
Read more13 May 2022
InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), has signed an agreement committing to provide US $15 million by way of convertible loan notes to Bboxx, a next generation utility ramping up the provision of clean, reliable, and affordable energy access to underserved communities in Africa.
To date, Bboxx has successfully delivered clean energy solutions for over...
Read more13 May 2022
JinkoSolar, one of the largest and most innovative PV module manufacturers in the world, today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Must Zimbabwe, one of the biggest distributors of hotovoltaic modules, inverters, batteries and energy storage system in Zimbabwe distribution market. According to the agreement, JinkoSolar will supply over 100MWh of its ESS produ...
Read more12 May 2022
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Engie Energy Access launches its first mini-grid in Nigeria – connecting a local community to electricity for the first time.
This 90kW mini-grid brings electricity to the people of Gbangba community in Niger State and empowers over 300 customers, including households and small businesses. Over 1,500 lives wi...
Read more11 May 2022
“Oscar of Design” goes to Vertex S ultra-high performance rooftop module
Trina Solar Co., Ltd. ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a leading global PV and smart energy total solution provider, today announced that its Vertex S series was selected out of nearly 10,000 entries from more than 60 countries for its advanced design concept and excellent user experience, winning the Red Dot Des...
Read more10 May 2022
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Climate Investor One (CI1), the inaugural facility managed by the Climate Fund Managers (CFM), has entered into a deal with Empower New Energy to support the development of 100 MW of solar projects in Africa.
The newly-signed development funding agreement will involve projects for commercial & industrial (C&I) customers across 10 Afri...
Read more10 May 2022
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In Malawi, the Golomoti solar power plant is entering commercial operation. The 20 MW facility is located in the Dedza district and feeds its output into Malawi's national power grid.
The Golomoti solar project is entering the commercial operation phase. This step comes after a successful test phase. The 28.5 MWp solar plant is coupled with a 5 MW/1...
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10 May 2022
Africa’s off-grid solar industry will be watching keenly this month to see whether the reports British company Bboxx has acquired Accra-based peer PEG Africa prove to be accurate. Representatives of London-based Bboxx have ath this point not denied being in the process of acquiring the rival pay-as-you-go (PAYG) solar company, which operates in Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal and Mali and which...
Read more09 May 2022
IPP Office confirms special session at the 24th annual Africa Energy Forum in Brussels, as South Africa’s DMRE and IPP Office announces BW6 adding 2,600 MWs of new capacity to the energy mix
As the world talks about the energy transition, South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE), through its IPP Office has recently announced the REIPPPP BW6 Request for Proposal...
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Starsight Energy (Starsight), a Nigeria-based, Africa-focused solar energy provider, announced the conclusion of a competitive local currency agreement with Chapel Hill Denham Nigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund (NIDF), for a 10-year, NGN8 billion refinancing of US$20 million of current debt with two development finance institutions (DFIs) invested...
Read more09 May 2022
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Inspired Evolution, a leading specialised African investment advisory business dedicated to bespoke climate-driven investment themes: clean energy infrastructure; energy access; and energy and resource efficiency – and the value chains that support them, and Schneider Electric, the global le...
Read more06 May 2022
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Aptech Africa recently commissioned a solar powered reverse osmosis water treatment plant in Caynabo, Somaliland. This project was funded by UNDP and used a reverse osmosis system supplied by Genius Water.
The system has a nominal flow is 6m3/s. The flexotank capacity is 45m3/s which can fill at least 4 trucks daily, while four distribution ta...
Read more05 May 2022
The first and largest manufacturer of syringes in the Middle East, the family-owned Arab Medical Equipment Company (AMECO), has signed agreement to receive 2.5 MW of solar power from the roof of its manufacturing plants in Ramadan City, Cairo. The contract is signed with the Norwegian renewable investment company – Empower New Energy and the Egyptian company - Gree Solar. This week marked t...
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Lusaka, Zambia: InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group, the Danish Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU) and the EU-funded Electrification Financing Initiative (EDFI ElectriFi) have together committed US$15.5m to enable Africa GreenCo (GreenCo) to scale its innovative offering as Zambia’s first renewable energy buyer and services provider.
GreenCo...
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28 Apr 2022
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Daystar Power has installed a 1.6 MW solar plant for Ghandour Cosmetic, to power its operations with solar energy. It is the largest solar installation for a cosmetics company in Ghana.
The rooftop installation consists of 2,964 x 535Wp panels, offsetting 20,150 MT in CO2 emissions, an equivalent of approximately 16,600 trees planted annually ov...
Read more27 Apr 2022
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (“JinkoSolar” or the “Company”) (NYSE: JKS), one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced that it has achieved a major technical breakthrough for its 182 mm high-efficiency N-type monocrystalline silicon solar cell. JinkoSolar has set a new world record again with the maximum solar conversion efficiency o...
Read more26 Apr 2022
Trina Solar, the global leading provider for photovoltaic (PV) module and smart energy solutions, has reached a remarkable milestone, having shipped 100GW of modules in the 25 years since the company was founded in 1997.
With an environmental impact equivalent to planting 7.2 billion trees, collectively, the 100GW of PV modules can generate about 135 billion kWh of clean-energy power...
Read more21 Apr 2022
AMEA Power, an Emirati company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to produce 390,000 tonnes of green ammonia per annum over two phases, powered by renewable energy, in Ain Sokhna, Egypt.
The agreement was signed with the General Authority for Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE), the Sovereign Fund of Egypt (TSFE) the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC), and the New ...
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The French company GreenYellow, a subsidiary of the Casino Group, has announced the completion of the extension of the Ambatolampy solar power plant. This installation is the result of a partnership between this independent electricity producer (IPP) and the Malagasy group Axian.
That’s it! The extension of the Ambatolampy solar power plant has be...
Read more19 Apr 2022
The Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (Masen) and the Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development have officially announced that AMEA Power has been awarded two solar power plant projects of 36MW each, following an international tender.
The solar projects were part of a large international tender launched by Masen and the Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Dev...
Read more13 Apr 2022
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ENGIE Energy Access, a leading provider of solar homes systems and mini-grid solutions, has inaugurated its hybrid 90kW mini-grid to connect unelectrified households and small businesses in Nigeria.
With this mini-grid, ENGIE Energy Access connects the people of Gbangba community in Niger State to an electric power supply for the fir...
Read more13 Apr 2022
GreenYellow, a major energy player in France and internationally, specializing in energy efficiency solutions, energy services and solar photovoltaic production, is supporting Retailability and PPC in their energy transition with new energy efficiency and photovoltaic implementation projects. With these new contracts, GreenYellow continues its expansion in South Africa and positions itsel...
Read more11 Apr 2022
As a faithful participant, GoodWe has taken part in the PV storage test by University of Applied Sciences (HTW) in Berlin for consecutive 3 years! The results never let us down. According to this year's examination, GoodWe’s hybrid inverters and high-voltage batteries stole the spotlight once again.
A total of 21 different storage systems in the 5 and 10 kilowatts power classes were exam...
Read more11 Apr 2022
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INTERVIEW WITH STUDER INNOTEC
As a swiss company, Studer Innotec is developing, manufacturing, and selling battery-based energy conversion equipment used for various applications (off-grid, self-consumption, onboard maritime and land systems, safety, and industry) since 1987. Their products reflect the Swiss culture of innovation, quali...
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08 Apr 2022
When the solar industry discusses energy storage, talk often centers on the vital role played by utility-scale batteries in evening out intermittent solar panel generation, enabling photovoltaics to gain traction in national grids. But lithium-ion technology doesn’t have to be all about stationary, multi-megawatt-hour facilities. And the marriage of solar and storage in Africa is now prevalent ...
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Trina Solar, the leading global PV and smart energy total solutions provider, has announced that its 210×210mm i-TOPCon cell has achieved maximum efficiency of 25.5%, setting a world record for the 23rd time.
The result was certified by the National Institute of Metrology of China, the preeminent metrology scientific research center and national legal metrology technical institution.
A...
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31 Mar 2022
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In Mauritius, GreenYellow Indian Ocean, the subsidiary of the French company GreenYellow, has signed an agreement with the Central Electricity Board (CEB). The agreement covers the construction of a 13.86 MW solar photovoltaic power plant in Arsenal.
A new solar photovoltaic plant will be built in Mauritius. This is the aim of an agreement signe...
Read more31 Mar 2022
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ENGIE Energy Access Nigeria, a leading provider of solar homes systems and mini-grid solutions in Nigeria has unveiled its plan to connect 2,700 unelectrified health centres in Nigerian communities to stable electricity supply using renewable energy over the next four years, starting in August of this year.
This plan was revealed by the Managin...
Read more31 Mar 2022
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StarTimes Media has announced a partnership with Bboxx solar, a company that provides solar solutions. Through the partnership, off-grid customers across Kenya will be able to access digital television services.
Bboxx solar provides pay-as-you go home solutions for over 500,000 Kenyans through payment plans. They will now bundle a packa...
Read more30 Mar 2022
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ("JinkoSolar" or the "Company") (NYSE: JKS), one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced it has delivered 100GW of solar modules globally. JinkoSolar is the first company in history to achieve this milestone. Approximately one out of every ten solar modules installed in the world was produced by JinkoSolar.
De...
Read more25 Mar 2022
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Bboxx, a next generation utility, and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have expanded their partnership to provide clean and affordable energy to millions of Congolese people.
The DRC Government, under the Honorable Minister of Energy and Hydraulic Resources (MEHR) and the National Electrification and Rural...
Read more25 Mar 2022
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The Norwegian business will work with Morocco’s renewable energy company Jet Energy to install solar panels at four of Zalar Holding’s plants. It is the first time the Norwegian company has invested into a project in the North African country.
The total investment in the four solar plants is estimated to reach $2 million (MA...
Read more24 Mar 2022
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (the “Company,” or “JinkoSolar”) (NYSE: JKS), one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, last night launched their new N-Type module, the Tiger Neo at the Elephant Hills Hotel in Victoria Falls.
The product launch was held at the ongoing Renewable Energy Conference hosted by the AMH in partnersh...
Read more23 Mar 2022
Nextracker launches NX Horizon-XTR, a terrain-following, single-axis tracker designed to expand the addressable market of solar power on sites with sloped, uneven, and challenging terrain. Nextracker began deployment and empirical testing of NX Horizon-XTR at utility scale three years ago, working closely with customers that faced capital expense and construction challenges on project sit...
Read more23 Mar 2022
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ENGIE Energy Access, a provider of solar homes systems and mini-grid solutions in Nigeria has connected 50,000 households to solar power and in turn impacting 250,000 lives across the country since coming onboard.
The company also said that it has extended its partnership with the Rural Electrification Agency of Nigeria (REA) via an addendum to ...
Read more23 Mar 2022
VSB énergies nouvelles, développeur indépendant d’électricité à partir d’énergies renouvelables, annonce l’entrée au capital d’un nouvel actionnaire pour deux de ses sociétés de projet en Tunisie. Présent en Tunisie depuis 2014, VSB énergie nouvelles a été lauréat de deux Appels d’Offres en 2019, l’un pour une centrale solaire de 10MWc à Lessouda, l’autre pour un...
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African Guarantee Fund for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (AGF) has signed an equity guarantee agreement with Empower New Energy (Empower) paving the way for long-term renewable energy investments for commercial and industrial businesses across Africa.
The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) has also provided partial support to the costs of the guarantee, with the inst...
Read more22 Mar 2022
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TrinaTracker, a leading tracker manufacturer and business unit of Trina Solar, has completed three PV power plants for Radiant, Eldosol, and Kesses in Kenya to help promote the local economy and help the locals improve their living standards. These projects are located in the Uasin Gishu County, with a total installed capacity of 155 MW.
Unl...
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Kisumu, Kenya: InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), has signed a Shareholders’ Agreement with Globology Ltd, committing US$3.8m through its dedicated investment arm, to support the expansion of the company’s Waterbus passenger transport operations on Lake Victoria.
Waterbusis the first passenger-focused service to deliver scheduled ferry routes o...
Read more21 Mar 2022
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Angolan cell phone company Unitel has signed a deal with Chinese tech giant Huawei for the deployment and integration of green power generation systems for its network. The initiative will help Unitel to reduce the use of diesel generators and optimize the sustainability of their services.
The Luanda-based mobile company will work with Huawei t...
Read more17 Mar 2022
ENGIE Energy Access (Africa) signs a partnership with the Ministry of Energy in Gabon to electrify offgrid households across the country through the sales and distribution of high-quality solar home system kits. More than 40,000 households are expected to benefit from this partnership over the next five years, resulting in over 200,000 lives impacted.
As stated by the Minister of ...
Read more16 Mar 2022
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Bboxx, a next-generation utility, has launched Flexx by Bboxx, a new brand offering entry-level clean energy products to millions of people at the bottom of the energy pyramid
Flexx by Bboxx will bring new and reliable products to market that are affordable, accessible, and flexible, getting millions more people onto the energy ladder.
As ...
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15 Mar 2022
Much has been made of the employment potential of the energy transition – particularly in the labor-intensive world of solar – but a glance at the vacancies section of the AFSIA website hints at just how transformative photovoltaics could be for youth unemployment across Africa.
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Nous sommes à Mugunga, quartier périphérique de la ville de Goma où l’ONG AECOM venait d’aménager une base avec des bureaux administratifs ainsi que des salles de formations en langue et métiers pour la population locale. GoShop est heureux d’avoir mis en place un système 100% solaire pour l’alimentation de la base en énergie.Voic...
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‘Africa for Africa – Building Energy for the Just Transition’
Following two years of COVID restrictions we are excited that the Africa Energy Forum (aef) is back tofull capacity with the return of the massive exhibition, the four-day multi-streamed agenda focusing onthe private sectors investment needs and business development. In Brussels aef will welcome backover 2,500 industry lea...
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SegenSolar has big plans for the year ahead. Since our establishment in October 2015, we have grown exponentially, expanding our footprint not only across South Africa but into the SADC markets, too.
They recognise the importance of engaging with and promoting renewable energy in Southern Africa. Our current reliance on polluting fossil fuels ...
Read more10 Mar 2022
LONGi and Empower the largest #solar company in #Sudan, have signed a distribution agreement in #Cairo on the 14th of February 2022. As partners, we are determined to further cement our leading position in Sudan’s distribution market and expand our global operations with Empower’s esteemed reputation as a trustworthy company. We have been committing great efforts into doing our best t...
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The Tunisian government has given the green light to several solar projects with a combined output of 500 MW and a total investment of TND 1.2 billion (USD 407.9m/EUR 374.9m).
The projects were awarded as part of the country's concession system in 2019 to Norwegian renewable power producer Scatec ASA (OSL:SCATC), a consortium of France's Engi...
Read more08 Mar 2022
The Norwegian renewable investment company, Empower New Energy, with its EPC partner - Gree Solar - started construction of the first phase of a 4,5 MW solar rooftop plant for Smart Paper. This project is Empower´s 4 th solar investment in Egypt and its 6th in Africa.
Smart Paper Industries is an Egyptian leading producer of packaging materials for the food industry in the region with a p...
Read more07 Mar 2022
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Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Huawei Digital Power) signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Meinergy Technology Co., Ltd (hereinafter referred to as Meinergy), the leading PV developer in West Africa. Under the agreement, Huawei Digital Power will provide a complete smart PV & energy storage system ...
Read more07 Mar 2022
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Bboxx Energy Access Nigeria, last week Friday, signed an Output-Based Fund (OBF) grant agreement with the Rural Electrification Agency Nigeria (REA Nigeria), under the Solar Home Systems (SHS) component of the Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP).
By this signing, thousands of SHS units will be deployed by Bboxx Energy Access Nigeria tow...
Read more04 Mar 2022
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LONGi signed a distribution agreement with Maryzad, one of the main players in the Egyptian distribution market.
The signing ceremony was held at Cairo’s Marriott hotel with the attendance of more than 70 guests. Omar Barrak,Sales Director of North & West Africa along with Ahmad Alkhufash, Regional Sales Manager represented LONGi in the ...
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25 Feb 2022
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The government of Niger has announced the results of the pre-qualification process for the design, financing and construction of a 50 MWp solar photovoltaic plant. The facility will be built under the International Finance Corporation's (IFC) "Scaling Solar" program.
The race is on for the development, financing and construction of the Gorou Banda sol...
Read more24 Feb 2022
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JinkoSolar on Wednesday launched its latest solar photovoltaic panel the Tiger Neo with a capacity of between 410 MW and 620 MW in the Kenyan market in order to boost the electrification rates in the country.
Sammy Borothi, business development manager of JinkoSolar-Sub Saharan Africa, said in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, that the Tiger Neo is i...
Read more18 Feb 2022
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LONGi has expanded its Hi-MO 5 product line with a new solar module designed for residential and commercial and industrial (C&I) rooftop applications.
With a maximum power output of 415W and an efficiency of 21.25%, the Hi-MO 5m 54c module features PERC gallium-doped p-type half-cut cells.
The product has 54 182mm half-cu...
Read more17 Feb 2022
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Trina Solar has been recognised in a report by Reuters as a top 100 company in the pursuit of achieving a net-zero emission civilisation.
The report was based on 10 different categories, including ‘solar and wind’, where Trina received recognition for its innovative solar modules and tracker technology, being the only company listed to in...
Read more17 Feb 2022
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Dr. Zhang Yingbin, Trina Solar’s head of product strategy and marketing: The bankability index granted by BNEF can be shown to finance institutes when it comes to securing finance for solar projects. In general, it shows the creditability of the product and the company. There are several key points that need to be checked for the ban...
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The race for the highest wattage solar panel started in 2020 and came to an end with JinkoSolar’s Tiger Neo, carrying efficiency up to 22.3%, promising to have 15-20W more wattage than the conventional p-PERC panel of the same size. Unlike other panels whose higher power comes from enlarged sizes, Tiger Neo derives this result simply from increased efficiency. For instance, the power rating...
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Huawei and Dubai Water and Electricity Authority (DEWA) obtained the contract to build the largest solar data center in the Middle East and Africa. Also, the first phase of the data center is to be set into use in May this year.
According to the Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily, a project team consistin...
Read more09 Feb 2022
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Engie Energy Access optimized our Solar Home System (SHS) portfolio and digital tools and launched their new MySol brand across 9 markets in Sub-Saharan Africa. They also signed a major deal for 60 mini-grid sites in Zambia.
In 2022, Engie Energy Access is aiming to be even more efficient. After already impacting mor...
Read more09 Feb 2022
Aptech Africa recently completed a residential installation of three solar water heaters in Mbarara, in Western Uganda. Each of these systems were 160L and were used to provide hot water to around 20 people.
Aptech Africa uses Soleil Power solar water heaters. These water heaters are unique because they have a flat plat collector: (type of collector we use to convert sunshine to heat). Thi...
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08 Feb 2022
With the global race under way to turn solar and wind resources into the green hydrogen that will help fire the energy transition, Africa is no exception and plans have been laid for Egypt to have its first green hydrogen production facility by November.
A project consortium led by Norwegian clean energy company Scatec is planning to install an electrolyzer provided by US fuel cell business Pl...
Read more07 Feb 2022
The top leaders of the Africa Solar Rooftop Industry gained the prestigious recognition and honor at the ‘Africa Rooftop Solar Congress Awards 2022‘, on 3rd February at 4 pm (SAST).
The virtual award ceremony was a platform that focused on celebrating the hard work, dedication, success and achievements of the incredible companies, teams and their leaders who have contributed highly to ...
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UNEP in collaboration with Frankfurt School, announces the recipients of the CCI Programme Call for Proposals. CCI will support three pilot projects in Kenya.
We celebrate OFGEN, our members for bagging the opportunity of being recipients of the CCI Programme by the UNEP in conjunction with Frankfurt School. The programme will support OFGEN under type 2 grant funding (Financing vehicle/instrum...
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Dubai, UAE: February 03, 2022: Since the launch of Trina Solar’s 600W+ series, world-renown design institutes and international third-party organizations have evaluated and studied the BOS and LCOE advantages of Vertex modules. Most recently, Black & Veatch, a global independent services provider to solar projects, completed a CAPEX and LCOE assessment, comparing the new generation of u...
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Africa has by far the largest renewable energy resources of any continent but lack of investment is stifling Africa’s renewable energy potential.
RenewAfrica.Biz, a leading media company on African renewable energy market intelligence, news and thought leadership has concluded a partnership agreement with the Africa Solar Industry Association (AFSIA) to co-organize the Afr...
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26 Jan 2022
Nairobi, Kenya: EkoRent Africa (EkoRent), a business supported by PIDG company InfraCo Africa and EEP Africa, has today signed a Solar Charging Project Collaboration Agreement with Strathmore Energy Research Centre through Strathmore Research and Consultancy Centre, establishing aframework for setting up Kenya’s first Nopea SolarHub Electric Vehicle Charging Station. EkoRent operates NopeaR...
Read more24 Jan 2022
On December 21st 2021, The Africa Go Green Fund for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency S.A., SICAV RAIF (“AGG”) signed its second transaction, a USD 5.5 million medium-term senior secured loan with Bboxx Capital Limited (“Bboxx”), a holding company for several next generation utility companies expanding access to clean energy and clean cooking across Africa.
Bboxx, a next generati...
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates - January 17th, 2022 - TrinaTracker, a leading tracker manufacturer and business unit of Trina Solar Co., Ltd. (SHA:688599), launches Vanguard 1P single-row tracker at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi. Vanguard 1P series, fully compatible with ultra-high power modules ranging from 400W to 670W+, further enriches the tracker's application scenarios and u...
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UL Study: Trina Solar Vertex Modules Bring More Value to UAE Projects Offering Lower
Initial Investment Cost and Lower CAPEX And LCOE
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 18 th January 2022: Trina Solar, a leading global PV and smart energy total solution provider, showcased its 2022 product line up and revealed its latest i-TOPCon module with power of 690W+ at the World Future Energy Summit...
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Finergreen is proud to support Eiffel Investment Group in replicating in Africa the successful bridge funding program it already implements in Europe through the fundraising of a US$200 million vehicle.
Considering that more than half of the population of Africa does not have access to electricity, the strategy aims to accelerate the continent’s electrification with the object...
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D’une puissance de 1,5 MWc, associée à 616 kWh de stockage, cette centrale produira jusqu’à 50 % des besoins en énergie de l’ASCENA. Cet évènement s’est déroulé en présence de M. Mohamedou Ould Ahemdou M’Haimid, Ministre de l’équipement et du transport, M. Mohamed Abdellahi Ould Siyam, Ministre de la santé et des affaires sociales, M. Ahmed Sékou KEITA, Secrétaire G...
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The Liberia Inland Storage Facility (LISF) project will build Liberia’s first commercial open-access, storage facility. The project will be situated within the Monrovia Industrial Park, located 10 kilometres from the Freeport of Monrovia, and will provide businesses with approximately 4,600m² of modern warehousing space.
Incorporating state-of-the-art inventory management systems, loadi...
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"You get so excited when you have, like a 'bingo', or a lightbulb idea! Then you get to the nitty-gritty of actualising it."
It's the spring of 2021 and engineer, Norah Magero, is talking about the refrigerator she designed after some local dairy farmers asked her to come up with something to help them keep their milk fresh on route to market.
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Aptech Africa Sierra Leone, a member of Renewable Energy Association SL, donated a Solar Water Heater system to the Freetown Secondary School for Girls Boarding Home.
The Freetown Secondary School for Girls also known as FSSG and is a secondary school that was established in 1926 in Freetown Sierra Leone.
As part of its corporate social responsibility program, the Country Director...
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Trina Solar’s 210mm Vertex Modules Achieve Excellent Test Results in the PVEL Product Qualification Program
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – December 23rd - At the BloombergNEF Summit held in early December, PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), a world-renowned third-party reliability testing laboratory, shared excellent reliability and performance test results for Trina Solar’s 210mm Vertex modul...
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GoodWe has refreshed its brand in line with the evolution of the global new energy space, emphasizing on collaboration and digitalization. At the core of this new brand identity is GoodWe’s commitment to harnessing smart tech to drive the global energy transition and bring about a more sustainable future for all.
GoodWe considers technological innovation a key brand pillar, and so both i...
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Serena Hotels has established itself as one of the world’s leading hospitality brands offering quality accommodation, unique holiday and conference solutions, cultural heritage and adventure tourism.
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Mara Serena being completely under off-grid, high cost of diesel fuel, high carbon emission and desire to be eco-friendly saw the management embrace the use of solar as an alte...
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Williamson Tea is a fifth-generation tea farming business committed to growing the highest quality sustainable teas to the benefit of Kenya, its communities, wildlife and environment.
Problem
Unstable grid and voltage fluctuations resulted in that the tea processing facility running on diesel generators for 6 hours every day. This is costly due to production stoppages and increased reli...
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07 Dec 2021
ENGIE PowerCorner, has signed the off-grid electrification license with the Benin Rural Electrification and Energy Management Agency (ABERME), to construct and operate a solar mini-grid in Dohouè, a village in south Benin.
The Dohouè mini-grid will be the first built and operated by ENGIE in Benin. It will provide more than 1,500 residents with access to clean, affordable and 24/7 availa...
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07 Dec 2021
When Dennis Stansbury, of Canadian gold miner B2Gold described his company’s solar-plus-storage system at the Fekola mine in Mali as a landmark project, he may not have realized just how prophetic his comment would prove to be.
Quoted on the Energy Storage News website in April, senior VP Stansbury said: “This is a landmark project which we expect to pave the way for more sustainable power...
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Trina Solar Unveils Its Integrated 600W+ Modules Delivery Solution Globally
Cutting Down CO2 Emission by up to 8% and Raising Transporting Efficiency by 10%
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – December 7th – The global photovoltaics and smart energy total solutions provider Trina Solar unveiled its 600W+ Vertex Module Integrated Delivery Solution globally, clearing the way for its applic...
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ENGIE Energy Access, Nigeria’s leading clean and sustainable energy solutions provider, has announced that it has provided access to renewable energy to more than 40,000 homes and micro, small, and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs) thereby impacting the lives of over 200,000 Nigerians who lacked access to power supply in the two years it has be...
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Paris, France: InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) is pleased to announce the participation of its sister PIDG company, the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) alongside the African Development Bank (AfDB), and Proparco as senior lenders to the 34MW Djermaya Solar project in Chad (also including a 4MWh battery system). AfDB previously announced ...
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30 Nov 2021
Aptech Africa South Sudan recently commissioned a PV-Diesel hybrid system at the Upper Nile University of Malakal in a UNDP funded project. This hybrid system includes an 82.14 KWp PV roof mounted system and three diesel generators of 300,200 and 30KVA respectively. The system has three 25000TL SMA Tri-power inverters and one Elum-fuel saver controller. The system uses a remote monitoring pla...
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TrinaTracker, a leading tracker manufacturer and business unit of Trina Solar Co., Ltd. (SHA:688599), explains the implementation of innovative solutions to increase tracker system lifecycle reliability and reduce operating and maintenance costs in a webinar "Tracker Development Solutions that Increase Reliability and Reduce Operation and Maintenance Costs " sponsored by the company.
The w...
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Aptech Africa’s team in the Central African Republic recently installed 31 sets of double armed street lights in Bossangoa and 16 sets in Mabiki for a project funded by UNDP.
Each set installed by Aptech has 2 LED lamps of 60 watts each powered by 2 180W solar panels. The systems use 900 Wh lithium-ion batteries which work 12 hours at night and have the capacity of 5 days of autonomy to ...
Read more29 Nov 2021
Marriott Grosvenor Hotel, London, UK: The 60MWac Salima Solar project being delivered by JCM Power and PIDG company InfraCo Africa in Malawi, has been recognised as ‘Utility-scale solar project of the year,’ by the Africa Solar Industry Association (AFSIA). The 2021 AFSIA Awards Ceremony was held last night, in person and online, during the ongoing Africa Energy Forum.
The AFSIA Awards...
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Mobisol, Rwanda’s market leader in Pay-As-You-Go solar industry has changed its corporate name to ENGIE Energy Access Rwanda (EEA Rwanda).
However, the products of this off-grid energy distributor will be branded Mysol, replacing the Mobisol brand of lighting, TV and business Solar Home System (SHS) products. In 2020, parent...
Read more24 Nov 2021
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ENGIE Energy Access Kenya has announced plans to increase access to affordable solar energy solutions to off-grid customers through the Pay-As-You-Go model.
The firm which has changed corporate name from ENGIE Mobisol Kenya has said it will avail new solar home system brand, MySol to replace the Mobisol brand of lighting, TV and business SHS prod...
Read more23 Nov 2021
Schneider Electric, leader de la transformation numérique de la gestion d’énergie et des automatismes, et GreenYellow, acteur international majeur de la production d’énergie solaire décentralisée et l’efficacité énergétique, ont annoncé aujourd’hui un partenariat visant à proposer des programmes d’efficacité énergétique clés en main et entièrement financés aux grande...
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Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, and GreenYellow, major international player in decentralized solar power generation and energy efficiency, today announced a partnership to provide turnkey, fully financed energy efficiency programs to large international corporations. The signing of the agreement was officiated by Laurent Batail...
Read more18 Nov 2021
Read full original article from ESI-Africa here
The event was hosted in collaboration with Apex Solar, an official distributor of JinkoSolar based in Botswana.
The event was attended by local customers, government representatives and media. The focus of the event was on energy storage systems solutions and solar PV panels, which were also on display during the launch event.
“This w...
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Salima Solar plant, Salima District, Malawi: His Excellency Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of the Republic of Malawi, has presided over an inauguration ceremony to mark the addition of 60MWac of additional clean energy to Malawi’s national grid. As Malawi’s first utility-scale solar photovoltaic plant, Salima Solar is contributing to the country’s ambition to minimise its carb...
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Since the launch of the 600W+ series, world leading design institutes and well-known third-party organizations have evaluated and studied the LCOE advantage and value of Vertex modules. Recently, Fraunhofer ISE, the world leading solar institution, has completed the assessment of CAPEX and LCOE of new generation of ultra-high power modules 210mm (G12) from Trina Solar and 182mm (M10) series f...
Read more15 Nov 2021
SAVA, OCTOBER 29 and 30, 2021: As part of the trip by a presidential delegation in the region, the Minister of Energy and Hydrocarbons, Andry Heriniaina Ramaroson, visited the construction sites of hybrid PV and thermal power plants, in Vohémar, Antalaha and Sambava. These plants are being developed, built and will soon be operated by Green Energy Solutions (GES), a subsidiary of the GREENYE...
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Kampala, Uganda: PIDG company InfraCo Africa, together with a consortium including DOB Equity and Mobility 54, has signed an agreement with Zembo, committing over €3 million to support the growth of the company’s electric motorcycle business in Kampala, Uganda. Zembo enables drivers to buy electric motorcycle taxis (“boda boda”) or to pay for them on a lease-to-own basis. The investme...
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The first 546 Verified Emissions Reductions (VERs) are listed in the Gold Standard Impact Registry, representing the CO2 emission reductions achieved by the first batch of solar lights distributed. The project in Zambia is set to distribute652,000 of Namene Solar’s award winning pico-solar lights to rural homes living off-grid.
11.11.21. London - The first carbon credits have been issued...
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Daystar Power, the leading provider of solar power solutions to West Africa’s industrial manufacturers, announced that it has reached an agreement with SBC to install 10.5MW solar power systems for five of its factories across Nigeria. This will bring SBC’s total installed solar power capacity to 12MW, making it Nigeria’s largest indu...
Read more10 Nov 2021
JinkoSolar has now officially launched its Next-generation N-type TOPCon module called Tiger Neo refreshing with much higher efficiency and all the features we were anticipating. During the launch event held in Shanghai, the company was currently updating the key performance metric of this new module. On top of the previously reported efficiency changes up to 22.3% and maximum 620watt output ...
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08 Nov 2021
With AFSIA member Inspired Evolution having blazed a trail for the use of solar energy to power telecoms towers, French peer Camusat recently announced a €60 million project to ‘solarise’ its mobile phone masts.
Asset management news website Africa Global Funds last month reported, the Facility for Energy Inclusion (FEI) cash pile set up by the African Development Bank to support small i...
Read moreTrina Solar Publishes White Paper on Global Inverters Matching for Trina Solar Vertex Series Modules
04 Nov 2021
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 3rd - Trina Solar has published a white paper on Inverter Matching for Trina Solar’s Vertex Series PV Modules, including 410W, 510W, 550W, 600W and 670W series, the first intelligent inverters matching database in the global photovoltaic industry.
The inverters covered in the paper are fully adaptive to all modules in the 210 Vertex series, focusing ...
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Glasgow, United Kingdom: InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) and Helios Investment Partners (Helios) are working together to establish a pan-African investment vehicle: Climate, Energy Access and Resilience (CLEAR). CLEAR will...
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01 Nov 2021
Africa has 40 % of the world’s solar potential but only 1 % of the world’s solar panels
By Terje Osmundsen*
Africa will be high on the agenda when political leaders and climate negotiators meet at COP26early November. No doubt, we will hear strong appeals to put more money on the table to finance clean energy in the south, as well as promises from the rich world to do so. This is im...
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01 Nov 2021
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Le secteur électrique nigérian souffre depuis plusieurs années du mauvais entretien des installations, d’un réseau de transport et distribution déficient et du manque d’investissements.
Au Nigeria, le fournisseur de solutions énergétiques solaires BBOXX envisage d’élargir l’accès aux systèmes solaires domestiques (SHS) pr...
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28 Oct 2021
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A U.K. company aims to provide off-grid solar power to 20 million people in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, where less than half of the population have access to electricity.
London-based Bboxx Ltd. plans to install its pay-as-you-go solar systems in millions of homes over 10 years, according to a statement emailed on We...
Read more28 Oct 2021
Read full newsletter from Engie Energy Access here
One year after the successful integration of our solar home system businesses Fenix International and Mobisol, and mini-grid developer ENGIE PowerCorner, we are delighted to begin sharing updates on how our business is moving forward.
Thanks to the enthusiasm and commitment of our team, we can now commemorate ...
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27 Oct 2021
AFSIA, the Africa Solar Industry Association is delighted to announce the nominees for the Africa Solar Industry Awards 2021, a special honor this year to recognize individuals and companies whose efforts have resulted in big achievements and promotion of the industry. There are 48 Nominees across 15 categories and spanning a record number of more than 20 countries.
“If there was ever an oun...
Read more26 Oct 2021
Shanghai, October 20, 2021 – JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (the “Company”, or “JinkoSolar”) (NYSE: JKS), one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced that it has been granted the carbon footprint verification for its Tiger (163”cell based) and Tiger Pro (182”cell based) series of modules from TUV Rheinland Group,("TUV Rheinland")...
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates, October 26th: Trina Solar Co., Ltd. (“Trina Solar” or the “Company”) has been awarded as bankable by all survey respondents in the 2021 PV Module and Inverter Bankability report issued by BloombergNEF. With this report, Trina Solar is now the only module manufacturer to be rated as bankable for 6 consecutive years by 100% of the in...
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Burundi-based renewable energy company Gigawatt Global Coöperatief U.A. has announced the completion of the country's first large-scale PV plant – a 7.5 MW installation under development since 2015 and for which construction works were announced in 2017.
The project was financed by South Africa-based equity investor Inspired Evol...
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21 Oct 2021
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, le 20 octobre 2021 - Africa REN, pionnier des énergies renouvelables en Afrique, annonce avoir lancé la construction de la centrale solaire de Kodeni Solar, près de Bobo-Dioulasso, au Burkina Faso. Avec une capacité installée de 38MW, Kodeni Solar sera la plus grande centrale solaire du pays ainsi que le premier partenariat public-privé à atteindre son closing...
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21 Oct 2021
The Standardization of 210mm-Size Modules is expected to be officially released in October by the China Photovoltaic Industry Association. This comes after the agreement between eight world-leading photovoltaic brands, including Trina Solar, Zhonghuan Semiconductor and Risen Energy, that took place last November 2020, to set about promoting the standardization of 210mm silicon wafer modules in the...
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21 Oct 2021
Ready full original article from Afrik21 here
Solar kit provider d.light is once again raising funds. This round led by Inspired Evolution has raised $15 million from several investors.
As part of its expansion strategy, solar kit provider d.light is raising funds; it’s second since the beginning of the year. This time, the San Francisco-based company (in the United States of America) has ...
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20 Oct 2021
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JinkoSolar provides high efficient and reliable solar modules to the Lighting Africa programme launched by the World Bank Group for Nigeria.
The modules will be deployed in multiple hybrid solar minigrid projects dispersed across Nigeria, to help increase access to affordable, clean and safer lighting for more than 30% of Nigeria’s population...
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18 Oct 2021
SHANGRAO, October 13, 2021 -- JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ("JinkoSolar" or the "Company") (NYSE: JKS), one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced that it has achieved a major technical breakthrough on its N-type monocrystalline silicon solar cell. JinkoSolar has set a new world record for the fourth time in a year with the maximum solar convers...
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18 Oct 2021
It’s said that the solar plant located at the golf course, utilized Antaisolar aluminum ground mounting system with concrete foundation, and it had been completed the installation and grid connected. In the early stages of the project, it can be seen that gasoline cans was adopted to shape the concrete, which help to construct a solid foundation.
The aluminum mounting structure was delivered ...
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14 Oct 2021
Empower New Energy is proud to announce the commencement of its third solar investment in Egypt. The 498 KWp solar rooftop plant is installed for Cairo Metals – a leading Egyptian aluminium manufacturer that supplies high quality products for construction and housing market across Africa and the Middle East. This new plant will generate more than 850 000 KWh of green electricity annually. Duri...
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13 Oct 2021
New module marks the unstoppable trend of 600W+
Module efficiency to up to 21.6%
13 October, 2021, Dubai, UAE - Trina Solar Co., Ltd., a leading global PV and smart energy total solution provider, officially announced the availability of the 670W Vertex module in the Middle East and Africa. The series obtained the IEC certification from the TÜV Rheinland after passing complete reliabili...
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11 Oct 2021
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Investment fund manager Eiffel Investment Group is providing a €3 million bridge loan to ManoCap Energy. The financing will provide solar power to commercial and industrial (C&I) customers in Ghana and Sierra Leone.
ManoCap Energy is raising €3 million for its projects in Sierra Leone and Ghana. This is a bridge loan signed with Eiffel Inv...
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11 Oct 2021
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: After passing advanced serial load tests for non-uniform snow-load and 20,000 cycles of dynamic mechanical load, Trina Solar's 210mm Vertex 670W module has passed the extreme wind tunnel test. The result further confirms that ultra-high-power modules can maintain their outstanding performance even when subject to extreme weather.
Trina Solar, with the third-party au...
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08 Oct 2021
Huawei Global Digital Power Summit 2021 is set to open on October 16 in Dubai with more than 300+ individuals attending the physical event, including executives from Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA), Group42, ACWA Power, du, Uptime Institute and Engie.
Huawei to announce joint actions across the energy and ICT industry chain to unlock green energy potential for a low-carbon smart so...
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06 Oct 2021
ManoCap Energy and Eiffel Investment Group announce a €3m bridge loan facility to fund solar projects in Ghana and Sierra Leone
▪ Eiffel Investment Group finances the growth of ManoCap Energy’s commercial and industrial (“C&I”) project portfolio.
▪ Helping businesses in Ghana and Sierra Leone access reliable power, save on energy costs, and reduce their environmental impact.
▪ Eif...
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05 Oct 2021
MIGA guarantee will cover construction, operation, and maintenance of 30 MWp solar energy facility and mobilize private capital to underserved Sahel region.
WASHINGTON DC, October 5, 2021 — With one of the lowest electrification rates in the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region (20%, as compared with 48% for SSA overall) and a high level of unmet demand, Burkina Faso is striving to address its ene...
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05 Oct 2021
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: TrinaTracker, a leading tracker manufacturer and business unit of Trina Solar Co Ltd (SHA:688599) has obtained the global safety validation, a UL 3703 Certificate, for its dual-row Agile 1P tracker series.
The UL 3703 is regarded as a comprehensive and authoritative evaluation standard for solar trackers. The certificate is issued by Underwriters Laboratories, an ...
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05 Oct 2021
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JinkoSolar together with New Sahara Ventures empowered the Richaw Solar Farm in Zimbabwe, by supplying 5MW AC High Efficiency Jinko Monocrystalline Panels with ultra-high performance.
The project is estimated to be valued at US$4.5 Million. The community has benefitted from this project as it has resulted in the creation of 40...
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05 Oct 2021
Read full original article from pv magazine here
JA Solar published data comparing its own modules, based on the 182mm wafer format, with others utilizing the larger 210mm size over a six month period in field testing. The data show that the smaller of the two formats reached an average daily energy yield almost 2% higher. According to JA Solar’s analysis, the higher currents produced by the ...
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30 Sep 2021
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The Government of Togo and Bboxx, a next generation utility, have announced what is described as the first-ever memorandum of understanding (MoU) to sell smartphones in Togo on a pay-as-you-go basis.
The MoU will, the parties claim, improve digital inclusion and the delivery of digital public services through deployment of smartphones ...
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27 Sep 2021
This funding will catalyze the operations of the fintech firm to add features to its platform and start onboarding users in Uganda.
Fin-e Innovations, a fintech start-up based in Uganda, has closed pre-seed funding of $300,000 from an undisclosed party in the United States. The company intends to address the glaring financing gap among local energy SMEs in Africa through an innovative platform ...
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27 Sep 2021
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Aptech Africa is working on a solar system to drive smart climate technology at Njala University. This project includes a 100 KW PV generating plant with a 50 KW inverter capacity and 145 KWh energy storage system in a containerized modular and expandable solution. This system directly benefits Njala University Hospital, the Njala Mokonde community, and Njala University students...
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24 Sep 2021
Dakar, Senegal: Following a successful pilot project, InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), has signed a Shareholders’ Agreement and a Loan Agreement with Bonergie Irrigation SAS (Bonergie Irrigation) to continue supporting the scale up of the project. Under the new agreements, InfraCo Africa will hold a large minority shareholding in Bonergie Irrigation...
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23 Sep 2021
JinkoSolar together with New Sahara Ventures empowered the Richaw Solar Farm in Zimbabwe, by supplying 5MW AC High Efficiency Jinko Monocrystalline Panels with ultra-high performance.
The project is estimated to be valued at US$4.5 Million. The community has benefitted from this project as it has resulted in the creation of 40 rural construction jobs of which 18 are permanent. Since the ins...
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23 Sep 2021
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Nick Hurd is senior adviser to Bboxx and former UK Minister for International Development and Climate Change & Dr Priti Parikh is associate professor at UCL and co-author of a recent report, “Off-Grid Energy and Economic Prosperity. Evidence on the relationship between off-grid electricity access and local economic well-being in sub-Saha...
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23 Sep 2021
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Six more solar photovoltaic (PV) projects situated in the Northern Cape and North West provinces have reached commercial operation, infrastructure equity investment management company African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) reported on Wednesday.
These projects include the 50 MW De Wildt solar project, the 68 MW B...
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20 Sep 2021
JinkoSolar, one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, is the leading PV module supplier in Kenya for the third quarter of 2021. By July 2021, Jinko Solar accounted for 25% of the market share (supplying 12.872 MW) and to date has imported 200+ MW in Kenya. This places Jinko Solar at the top ahead of its competitors as the preferred PV Module brand in Kenya.
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10 Sep 2021
Welcome to GoodWe South Africa!
We are proud to announce the opening of GoodWe’s new office space in Johannesburg, South Africa.
There’s no better illustration of GoodWe’s deep commitment to the Sub-Saharan African solar market than the opening of a new GoodWe space that will allow us to serve and support our customers in SA, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Madagascar, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Bo...
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09 Sep 2021
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French energy giant Engie has signed a contract with Release by Scatec, the branch of Norwegian independent power producer (IPP) Scatec, which provides modular solar power generation solutions. The two partners will produce green hydrogen for the Mogalakwena platinum mine in the Limpopo province of South Africa.
The first commercial operation of a...
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07 Sep 2021
Proving its Supreme Performance with More Than 10 Years of Outdoor Installation.
Dubai, UAE, Sep 7th, 2021 -- TrinaTracker, a leading tracker manufacturer and business unit of Trina Solar Co., Ltd. (SHA:688599), has released the "TrinaTracker Spherical Bearing: Unique three-dimensional long-lasting patented component white paper." The document proves the advantages of the spherical bearing’s ...
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01 Sep 2021
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SparkMeter will digitise the management of green mini-grids in Benin. To carry out this project, the smart metering and grid analysis technology provider is receiving a grant from the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA).
Enabling remote management of green mini-grids. This is the aim of the project that SparkMeter will be implementing in West ...
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31 Aug 2021
Appoints Solinc East Africa Ltd as Authorized Distributor
Dubai, UAE – August 31, 2021 – Trina Solar Co., Ltd., a leading global PV and smart energy total solution provider, is announcing the appointment of Solinc East Africa Ltd in Kenya as an official distributor to supply Trina Solar’s products and solutions in East Africa. The new appointment comes as part of Trina Solar’s commitme...
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30 Aug 2021
Finergreen is pleased to have supported Lidera Green Power (a partnership between Filatex Group and Dera Energy) in the structuring and fundraising of a convertible bridge loan of $6m provided by REPP.
Lidera Green Power plans to install a total capacity of 42 MW of solar PV to hybridize three HFO (Heavy Fuel Oil) plants in Madagascar. This fundraising enables Lidera Green Power to finance the ...
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30 Aug 2021
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Daystar Power, a leading provider of hybrid solar power solutions to businesses in West Africa, today announced that it commissioned a 800kWp solar power system for UAC Foods. Installed for UAC’s dairy subsidiary, the solar solution was fully integrated into its existing power setup.
UAC Foods, a division of the eponymous NSE-listed conglome...
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30 Aug 2021
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Huawei FusionSolar has introduced an integrated system for residential solar energy solutions during its launch on Friday.
With a growing number of homeowners jumping on the solar bandwagon, the home energy storage system dubbed Luna 2000 is a device that stores electricity as chemical energy.
The theme of the day at the Nai...
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25 Aug 2021
The Bukamba Water Supply Project which was funded by the Japanese Embassy and constructed by Aptech Africa Ltd was commissioned at Bukamba Boma Ground on May 18th, 2021 by the District Water Officer.
The project was completed with funding from the Japanese Embassy under the Assistance for Grass Roots Human Security Projects (GGP). Aptech Africa was contracted for the design, supply, i...
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24 Aug 2021
In partnership with Solar Energy International (SEI), Nextracker initiates 3-year scholarship program to foster female participation in solar industry
FREMONT, CALIF. USA, August, 2021 — Nextracker™, the market leader in yield-enhancing PV system technology and solar trackers, and Solar Energy International (SEI), the world’s leading renewable energy technical training provider, today ann...
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