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On Thursday, GE announced that it has signed two deals to build energy systems in Benin and upgrade three substations in Cote d’Ivoire. Read the full article here...

The 100 megawatt (MW) Kathu Solar Park uses sunlight reflected from 384 000 mirrors on a 4.5km² site to boil water into steam that spins turbines. It is novel for incorporating four and a half hours...

Whole communities, towns and rural areas could become energy independent, lifting the load off the national grid. Read the full article here...

With large scale infrastructure and investments taking years to materialise in the power sector, many countries operate at a level of reduced operational effectiveness. This is particularly true for n...

Each with a capacity of 10MWAC, the sister facilities will generate clean, reliable electricity in some of the poorest counties in the country. Read the full article here...

The Kathu Solar Park, in the Northern Cape, was inaugurated by the province’s Premier Sylvia Lucas, on Thursday. The project was commissioned in February. Read the full article here...

The decade-long trend of strong growth in renewable energy capacity continued in 2018 with global additions of 171 GW, according to data released by the International Renewable Energy Agency this week...

GET FiT Zambia announced the award of six solar PV IPP projects, totalling 120MW(AC). The lowest successful bid came in at $3.999c per kWh and the weighted average of all six successful projects is $4...

Kenya is on track to add up to 600MW of new wind capacity over the next six years, as more of its people get access to power for the first time, according to a senior GE executive at the Wind Europe 2...

The African Development Bank's board has approved a $20 million facility to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to support renewable-based, mini-grid solutions to the off-grid cities of Isiro, Bum...

Inspired Evolution, an Africa-focused investment advisory firm that specializes in the clean energy sector, led a US$41 million equity investment by its Evolution II Fund and other consortium partners...

Inspired Evolution, an Africa-focused investment advisory firm that specializes in the clean energy sector, closed a ZAR100 million investment facility by its Evolution II Fund into Commercial Energy ...

Sweden’s development finance institution Swedfund has invested SEK 126m in the Evolution II Fund, which is focused on clean energy supply and resource efficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa. Read the full...

Inspired Evolution has signed a deal to invest up to USD36 million in Alten RE Developments Africa B.V., the sub-Saharan Africa-focused subsidiary of Alten Energías Renovables. The investment by Insp...

Inspired Evolution has successfully secured a further USD35 million in commitments from the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Swedfund International AB (Swedfund) in a second closing of its Evolutio...

In a clear signal that the renewable energy industry is maturing, clean energy and resource efficiency specialised fund manager, Inspired Evolution, has successfully exited a number of its renewable e...

James Eedes recently joined the Inspired Evolution deal team to head up its project finance portfolio under its new successor fund, Evolution II. James is an experienced renewable energy sector specia...