The World Bank will provide a US$519mn loan to finance two solar power plants with a combined capacity of 350MW in Morocco
Renewables
Sub-Saharan Africa to commission 1.8GW of renewable power capacity in 2014, reveals report

Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to spend US$5.9bn in 2014 on renewable energy projects. (Image source: AMK713/Flickr)
The sub-Saharan African region is set to commission 1.8GW of renewable power capacity in 2014, according to a report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Mainstream Renewable Power to buy Ghana’s wind farm from Swiss firm

Mainstream Renewable Power has also built the continents largest operating wind farm at Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. (Image source: Patrick M/Flicker)
Mainstream Renewable Power has signed an agreement worth US$525mn with Swiss wind farm developer NEK Umwelttechnik to buy 225MW Ayitepa Wind Farm in Ghana
China to transfer renewable energy technology to Ghana
China to work on a US$2.7mn project with Ghana to transfer renewable energy technology to the West African nation
Rise in number of green buildings in South Africa, reveals report

Solar PV panels are installed on the rooftops of buildings, and they help harvest the suns energy to power the buildings. (Image source: InhabitatBlog/Flickr)
The spike in the number of green buildings is higher in South Africa than any other nation in the world, revealed the McGraw-Hill Construction SmartMarket Report