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Amid deep disruption and uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemhttps://www.powerengineeringint.com/emissions-environment/pandemic-frames-iea-forecasts-in-world-energy-outlook/ic, a surge in well...

Togo plans to produce 50% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030. Among the challenges to be addressed is the design of quality solar systems. With this in mind, the country has decided to ...

The Grid Solutions branch of GE Renewable Energy, the subsidiary of American giant General Electric (GE) has just won a 47 million dollar contract for the construction and modernisation of several sub...

The Kanifing municipality has launched a project to set up solar powered cold rooms for vegetable preservation in the markets of this city in the west of The Gambia. The aim of this initiative funded ...

To cater for the growing demand for small, modular medium-pressure power boilers that can accommodate renewable fibrous fuels as well as coal, John Thompson developed the MicroGen boiler range that ca...

Construction of the Menengai geothermal power plant in Western Kenya has been completed. The main project financier, African Development Bank (ADB) made the announcement and said project will enable K...

Total and Google Cloud have pooled their expertise to jointly develop an innovative developed solar energy mapping tool, Solar Mapper, which aims to accelerate the deployment of solar panels for indiv...

Electricity distributor Kenya Power now wants the energy sector regulator removed from power purchase agreement (PPA) negotiations to reduce oversupply of electricity in the market. Link to article...

The demand for power in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is expected to more than triple by 2040, which calls for a stable and affordable baseload generation mix in the form of either gas, coal or large-scale...

WASHINGTON – U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has committed $1.55 million in technical development for the Tulu Moye Geothermal Power Plant Project in Ethiopia. DFC’s grant...

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 ...

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...