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The Congolese government has officially launched construction work on a hybrid solar power plant in Impfondo, in the Likouala department. The project has been entrusted to Produits de construction de Brazzaville (Procob), the subsidiary of the Belgian company ABC Contracting. https://www.afrik21.africa/en/congo-the-government-launches-work-on-a-hybrid-solar-power-plant-in-impfondo/
Construction of 400kWP Commercial and Industrial (C&I) solar and 912kWh battery storage project in Mozambique is set to resume this month, with commissioning targeted for June 2021. This is after the COVID-19 related force majeure was lifted. According to Ncondezi Chief Executive Officer, Hanno Pengilly, The Project is using leading technology from Tesla, JA Solar […]
Japan’s wind energy developer Eurus Energy has acquired a share in Winlab Africa, a subsidiary of the Australian group Winlab Limited, with an investment of $10 million. https://www.esi-africa.com/industry-sectors/business-and-markets/300mw-wind-farm-on-the-cards-for-tanzania/
Djibouti has reached another milestone in its geothermal energy development with the establishment of its very own national geothermal energy engineering company. https://www.africaoilandpower.com/2021/03/11/djibouti-launches-its-national-geothermal-energy-engineering-company/
The latest data released by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), Africa and the Middle East region installed 821MW of new wind power capacity in 2020, pushing total capacity in the region over 7GW. https://www.esi-africa.com/industry-sectors/business-and-markets/gwec-africa-is-only-using-0-01-of-its-wind-potential/
Nigeria’s Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has just commissioned a solar hybrid mini-grid in Adebayo locality, located in Edo State. The installation was built by the Nigerian company Fanny Frank Global Resources. https://www.afrik21.africa/en/nigeria-the-rea-inaugurates-a-100-kwp-hybrid-solar-mini-grid-in-adebayo/
Engineers look into the untapped potential of parking lots in a study that investigates the energy-related benefits of developing charging stations powered with solar canopies built into the parking infrastructure of large-scale retailers. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210210170021.htm
gnuGrid Africa, a Ugandan provider of remote off-grid monitoring solutions, has just raised US$250,000 from US investors. The funds will be used to distribute its digital solution “Solar Sentra” in Uganda and several other countries in Africa. https://www.afrik21.africa/en/africa-gnugrid-raises-250000-for-its-off-grid-monitoring-solution/
InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group, and its project partner, independent power producer JCM Power, have announced their commitment to finance construction of the 20 MWAC Golomoti Solar project with a 5 MW/10 MWh lithium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS). https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/finance-secured-for-golomoti-solar-construction-2021-03-03
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