USTDA supports geothermal project development in Zambia. (Image source: Max Pixel)
The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has signed a US$1.5mn grant with Kalahari GeoEnergy Limited, a Zambian geothermal development company, for a feasibility study supporting the development of a 10-20 MW geothermal power plant
The AfDB has granted Liberia US$23.25mn through the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) for the construction of a 9.8MW hydropower plant at Gbedin Falls on the Mano River, with an aim to transform the renewable energy sector in the country
MAKE’s analysis addresses the global trend of declining renewable energy prices to add to the emerging economies and markets. (Image source: Jeanne Menjoulet/Flickr)
MAKE consulting has recently reported that the wind-power capacity in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region amounted to 676MW in 2016, compared to 682MW in 2015, and has forecasted the region’s capacity to install nearly 40GW of new wind-power capacity from 2017 to 2026
Lake Turkana Wind Power Project in Kenya, the largest wind farm project in Africa. (Image source: AfDB)
The project is expected to require an investment of approximately US$120mn and to start operations early 2019
Energiya Global will provide innovations in promoting green energy to support economic development in west African countries. (Image source: World Bank Photo Collection/Flickr)
Israel and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have signed a memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will see Energiya Global, Israel’s leading solar developer, invest US$1bn for the next four years to enhance green energy power projects across 15 member states of ECOWAS
