The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Dutch Development Finance Company (FMO) have just allocated € 106 million to two solar projects developed by a consortium of independent power producers (IPP) in the county of Uasin Gishu, in western Kenya. Two solar projects have just received $ 106 million from...
British company Bboxx, which supplies home solar kits, has just innovated in Rwanda. It launches "E-Pay", an online payment service. The goal is to facilitate the payment of home solar kits. The service is intended for Rwandans living in the city and have family in remote areas. "E-Pay" will especially...
The Egyptian and Chinese governments have just inaugurated a research laboratory on solar energy and electricity storage in the governorate of Sohag in eastern Egypt. Egypt once again confirms its commitment to the production of electricity from renewable energy sources, including solar energy. Several members of the government of this...
Global Future Councils of the World Economic Forum recently announced that Namibia and Botswana are working together on a 5,000 MW solar megaproject. Electricity is intended to satisfy the domestic demand of both countries and to be exported....
The electric independent producer (IPP) Norwegian Scatec has delivered a new photovoltaic solar center of Benban, at the governate of ’Assouan in the South East of Egypt. It shows a capacity of 65 MW. ...
The first hybrid solar power plant in Nigeria has just opened in Ebony State. With a capacity of 2.8 MW, it will provide clean electricity to students at Alex Ekwueme Federal University. The plant was built as part of the Energizing Education Program (EEP)....
L’entreprise égyptienne El Sewedy Electric avance dans ses travaux de connexion du complexe solaire photovoltaïque de Benban au réseau national. Selon le ministère égyptien de l’Électricité, les travaux sont achevés à 88 %. L’entreprise Upper Egypt Electricity Distribution Company a déjà mené à bon terme l’installation d’un transformateur de 500 kV à...
The Ecobank Group, headquartered in the Togolese capital, uses solar photovoltaic energy as a power source. It has just installed solar panels that should allow it to cover part of the needs of its seat in electrical energy. The bank is thus supporting the energy transition initiated by the Togolese...
At the end of the Council of Ministers on July 31, the Togolese government announced the upcoming establishment of a 30 MW photovoltaic solar plant in Blitta (about 267 km from the Togolese capital via the N1). Its implementation will "reduce the energy dependence of our country and thus contribute...