Africa’s Standard Bank and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) have signed a US$2bn agreement to fund renewable energy projects in South Africa
Renewables
Zimbabwe Power Company to build US$100 million solar plant
![The US$100mn plant will harness power from the sun to produce 100MW of electricity. (Image source: h080/Flickr)](/images/powr__h080.jpg)
The US$100mn plant will harness power from the sun to produce 100MW of electricity. (Image source: h080/Flickr)
Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority unit responsible for power generation, has revealed plans to construct a solar-powered electricity generation plant in Zvishavane
Green Solar and Intratrek to launch solar power project in Zimbabwe
Green Solar Europa and Intratrek Zimbabwe have teamed up to build a 100MW solar power plant at a cost of US$350mn
Masdar launches solar PV plant in Mauritania
![With energy demand increasing by 12 per cent annually in Mauritania, the addition of solar power will help meet future electricity shortfalls. (Image source: steevithak/Flickr)](/images/PVcells__steevithak.jpg)
With energy demand increasing by 12 per cent annually in Mauritania, the addition of solar power will help meet future electricity shortfalls. (Image source: steevithak/Flickr)
Masdar, the Abu Dhabi-based renewable energy company, has launched a US$32mn, utility-scale, 15MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Mauritania
ACWA Power begins work on Moroccan solar plant
![The solar project will be part of a 500MW solar complex that Morocco has plans to build in the Ouarzazate area. (Image source: Andreas Demmelbauer/Flickr)](/images/solar__Andreas_Demmelbauer.jpg)
The solar project will be part of a 500MW solar complex that Morocco has plans to build in the Ouarzazate area. (Image source: Andreas Demmelbauer/Flickr)
Saudi Arabian power plant developer ACWA Power International has started work on building a 160MW concentrated solar thermal facility in Morocco