Gigawatt Globals 8.5MW solar farm in the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village (ASYV) in Rwanda. (Image source: Gigawatt Global)
Renewable energy company Gigawatt Global has launched the US$23.7mn solar energy plant in Rwanda, which is East Africa’s first utility-scale solar project to go online
Seven solar PV plants, with a combined capacity of 12MW, will be installed in seven Mauritanian towns. (Image source: Sandialabs/Flickr)
Mauritania’s energy ministry has signed a contract with Abu Dhabi’s Masdar to deliver seven photovoltaic (PV) projects in the African nation
The construction of a power line to the copper mine is subject to an environmental impact assessment. (Image source: Kenmainr/Flickr)
Namibia’s Craton Mining & Exploration is negotiating with national power utility NamPower to set up a power line to the Omitiomore copper oxide mine project
According to experts, CSP technology has the potential to revolutionise the energy mix in South Africa. (Image source: Tom Raftery/Flickr)
One of the key features of concentrated solar power (CSP) technology is the potential to operate with storage and provide dispatchable renewable energy supply
Tropical Power Kenya Ltd’s Gorge Farm Energy Park is Africa’s first grid-connected biogas plant. (RollsRoycePowerSystemsAG/Flickr)
Africa’s first grid-connected 2.8MW biogas plant will be launched in Kenya on 1 March 2015, which will add 2.2MW of electricity generated from corn
