Schneider Electric has announced that two of its energy projects were among the 100 innovative sustainable development ventures showcased in the recent African Forum in Paris
Renewables
Oriented Energy Resources to launch solar power project in Nigeria
![Oriented Energy Resources said it plans to generate 10MW of electricity within four months from the solar power project. (Image source: Chandra Marsono/Flickr)](/images/Oriented_Energy_Resources.jpg)
Oriented Energy Resources said it plans to generate 10MW of electricity within four months from the solar power project. (Image source: Chandra Marsono/Flickr)
Oriented Energy Resources said it plans to generate 10MW of electricity within four months from an upcoming solar power project in Borno State, Nigeria
AUC receives US$6mn grant to drill two geothermal wells in Kenya
![AGIL, a private geothermal producer, has a license to operate on a 132 km area around Mount Longonot near Nairobi, Kenya. (Image source: ThinkGeoEnergy/Flickr)](/images/geothermal.jpg)
AGIL, a private geothermal producer, has a license to operate on a 132 km area around Mount Longonot near Nairobi, Kenya. (Image source: ThinkGeoEnergy/Flickr)
The African Union Commission (AUC) said it has received a US$6mn grant from Africa Geothermal International Limited (AGIL) to drill two geothermal reservoir wells in Kenya
Scatec Solar to build 50MW solar power plant in Ghana
![The solar power project will be located in northern Ghana and has been scheduled to become operational by 2015. (Image source: Bernd Sieker/Flickr)](/images/solar-RDK-Nov20.jpg)
The solar power project will be located in northern Ghana and has been scheduled to become operational by 2015. (Image source: Bernd Sieker/Flickr)
Norway’s Scatec Solar has won a contract from the Ghanian government to construct a US$95mn 50MW photovoltaic (PV) solar power plant in the country
Barclays unit to fund one-third of South Africa’s clean energy projects
![South Africa has awarded 1,500MW of wind, solar photovoltaic, landfill gas and biomass energy projects. (Image source: Activ Solar/Flickr)](/images/solar-ATR_Nov12.jpg)
South Africa has awarded 1,500MW of wind, solar photovoltaic, landfill gas and biomass energy projects. (Image source: Activ Solar/Flickr)
The African corporate banking unit of Barclays has agreed to fund almost one-third of the US$3.3bn clean energy projects in South Africa