Solar Panda, which designs, manufactures and distributes pay-as-you-go solar home systems to low-income communities in Kenya has received US$8mn in funding from Oikocredit and Electrification Financing Initiative (EDFI ElectriFI)
Renewables
Rystad: solar PV recycling market to be worth US$2.7bn by 2030
According to a recent report by Rystad Energy, the demand for recycled solar photovoltaic (PV) panel components is set to skyrocket in the coming years as installations surge and the threat of a supply bottleneck looms
Hillside Aluminium and Solana Energy collaborate to establish solar infrastructure
South32s Hillside Aluminium operation has partnered with Solana Energy to bring sustainable energy to one of South Africa’s most important commercial hubs
Global OTEC to deploy floating ocean OTEC platform offshore São Tomé Island
São Tomé and Príncipe and Global OTEC have signed the world’s first agreement to develop a private public partnership (PPP) for the development and deployment of a 1.5MW floating Ocean OTEC platform offshore São Tomé island
Bboxx and Orange to connect 150,000 people to mini-grid model in DRC
Bboxx, a pan-African super platform providing access to essential products and services, and Orange, a major telecommunications operator, have partnered to launch a new connected community through an anchor business community (ABC) model across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)