Senegals first indigenous solar power station produces 20MW of electricity which Energy Resources Senegal sells back to the state-owned power company Senelec as part of a power purchase agreement
Renewables
BBOXX receives US$4mn debt finance from Togo bank for off-grid solar
The government of Togo’s energy access initiative has received a significant boost following the completion of a pioneering debt finance deal worth US$4mn
IoT helps solar growth as central energy source across East Africa
SolarNow, provider of high quality solar energy in East Africa, has turned to IoT, while also integrating M2M cellular connectivity and AWS Cloud within its solutions, to provide better services to SolarNow customers
Clear Blue Technologies to deliver smart off-grid platform in Nigeria’s rural areas
Clear Blue Technologies Inc, in collaboration with NuRAN Wireless, has announced to deliver smart off-grid platform to Raeanna, a Nigerian telecom infrastructure company focused on providing rural connectivity
Voltalia to build two hydropower plants in Morocco
Voltalia, renewable energy producer and service provider, has obtained permits to develop two hydropower plants of 9.8MW and 7.2MW in Morocco’s Middle-Atlas region