Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), the bilateral trust fund of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has approved a US$530,000 grant to co-fund a renewable energy project in Mali
Renewables
Italian firm to develop two solar plants in South Africa
Italian energy company TerniEnergia has signed a deal with an unnamed utility firm to develop two solar plants in South Africa for US$197.3mn
Solar market revenue to reach US$137 billion, reveals Frost & Sullivan report
Revenue from the global solar industry is set to reach US$137.02bn by 2020, according to Frost & Sullivan’s Global Solar Power Market report
Rwanda's first utility scale solar PV plant to be commissioned
The Rwandan government is set to commission the first utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) plant at eastern Rwandas Rwamagana district in August 2014
Ghana to harness tidal energy to generate 1,000MW of power
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is collaborating with a Swedish company TC Energy to generate 1,000MW of power by harnessing tidal wave energy from the Ada Estuary