Africa50, the AfDB’s infrastructure fund for Africa, has signed financing documentation with Scatec Solar and Norfund for developing 400MWDC utility scale photovoltaic (PV) power plants in Egypt for which they had previously entered into a joint development agreement (JDA)
Renewables
South Africa’s Robben Island embraces green energy
South Africa’s Robben Island has launched a microgrid project embracing clean power and battery storage, a move that incorporates the island’s long-term initiative to go green in its energy projects
ECA's Murombedzi: 'US withdrawal from Paris Agreement will impact developing nations'
Mr. Murombedzi said in joining other countries in 2015 in promising to curb carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions, the US was leading from the front
Off-grid solar set to triple in output across Africa over next five years
The IEA has found that the amount of power from solar grew by more than 50 per cent, and has officially increased energy output globally at a faster rate than any other fuel
Solar PV grew faster than any other fuel in 2016: IEA
New solar PV capacity grew by 50 per cent in 2016, with China accounting for almost half of the global expansion, according to the International Energy Agencys (IEA) latest renewable market analysis and forecast Renewables 2017