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The Federal Government of Nigeria plans to spend $3 billion on the energy sector in the next 24 months and end the current electricity subsidies by December 2021. https://www.esi-africa.com/industry-s...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has just approved a USD 530 million loan to Angola. The funds will be used to build a transmission line to link the north and south of Angola, as well as to connect...

A French-Lebanese research group has proposed a way to cool down PV modules by using air exhausted from heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. They showed that array performance im...

Solar power has proven to be the solution needed by flower farmers in Kenya to support their energy-intensive businesses. These projects including Kenya’s first floating solar power plant are in lin...

Africa has considerable potential to generate solar and wind energy at a low cost, as it hosts many areas of high solar irradiation and good wind speeds. https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/gree...

The African Development Bank has partnered with the Climate Investment Funds to release a scoping report highlighting the impact of combining green banks and national climate funds to accelerate green...

According to a virtual discussion hosted by the SA Chamber of Commerce around Bid Window 5 of the REIPPP programme, investing in energy projects in South Africa and Africa is a sound proposition. http...

With its massive gas reserves and billions of dollars of investment flowing in to monetize them, Mozambique has a unique opportunity to deploy a flexible power strategy that will bring major benefits ...

2020 was a record year for the global wind power industry, but a new report by the Global Wind Energy Council warns the world needs to install new wind power capacity three times faster over the next ...

UK Government’s International Climate Finance programme, UK Climate Investments, has financed a total of 254MW of clean energy projects in South Africa. The milestone was reached following the inaug...

Power project developer Red Rocket has announced the start of commercial operations at the 4 MW Kruisvallei hydropower plant, along the Ash river between Clarens and Bethlehem, in the Free State...

Empower New Energy and Rensource have teamed up to create the largest power purchase agreement for solar energy in the Commercial and Industrial sector in Nigeria. Link to article...

The state-owned Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) intends to purchase 10 MWp from Botswanans over the next 12 months. This transaction will be part of a "solar rooftop programme" recently launched by B...

1 June 2020, Cape Town Building Energy’s management, in partnership with Inspired Evolution’s Evolution II Fund, has successfully closed a buy-out of Building Energy’s Africa and Middle East bus...

Construction has commenced on the project that will bring power to over 87,000 people and businesses in the energy-poor country. Cape Town, 29 January 2020: Evolution II Fund has closed an equity inve...

d.light’s solar-powered solutions have offset 23 million tons of CO2 - Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2020 d.light co-founders Ned Tozun and Sam Goldman announced at the World Economic Forum Annual...

Sarah Bouhassoun recently joined the Inspired Evolution deal team located in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. Sarah holds a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University (USA) and an MBA. With ov...

Investment management business Inspired Evolution has secured a further $87.75-million in commitments from CDC Group, Cyane Holdings, the European Investment Bank, KLP Norfund Investments, Morgan Stan...

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 ...