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The Spanish group TSK has won the contract to build the Cuamba solar power plant in the Niassa province of Mozambique. The 20 MWp project is being developed by British independent power producer (IPP) Globeleq. Thank you for reading!
The inaugural Africa Solar Industry Association (AFSIA) Solar Awards, organised in partnership with the Africa Energy Forum (aef), culminated in a grand show streamed online, during which the winners of 15 categories were unveiled and celebrated. Solar Home System Company of the year: d.light for achieving the target of reaching 100 million people with solar […]
Founded in 2007, with the vision to create a meaningful legacy and bring about an efficient redeployment of capital in the continent, Inspired Evolution is introducing a series of well-thought-out new clean energy products to Sub-Saharan Africa. This investment advisory focuses on infrastructure development, resource efficiency growth and the associated value chains. A third Inspired […]
Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2020 – d.light co-founders Ned Tozun and Sam Goldmanannounced at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting today that their 12-year-old solarenergy company has officially impacted 100,000,000 people in some 70 countries globally (ascalculated by the PayGo PERFORM initiative). Link to article Thank you for reading!
An international jury of experts selected Gigawatt Global as the 2020 EEP Africa Project of the Year for its 7.5 MW grid-connected solar PV plant in the Gitega province of Burundi. Gigawatt Global has secured a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Government of Burundi for the project, becoming the first non-diesel Independent Power Producer (IPP) in the […]
South African construction company Concor has put its stamp of experience and quality on another renewable energy project – this time the Roggeveld Wind Farm in the Karoo, 40 km north of Matjiesfontein. Link to article Thank you for reading!
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-sectors/finance-and-policy/nigeria-federal-government-to-spend-3b-in-power-sector/ Thank you for reading!
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 households to the national electricity grid. https://www.afrik21.africa/en/angola-afdb-approves-530-million-loan-for-hydropower-transmission/ Thank you for reading!
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 improves when the cooling load rises. https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/03/25/cooling-pv-panels-with-hvac-system-exhaust/ Thank you for reading!
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