Swiss solar developer HopSol has opted for photovoltaic (PV) manufacturer First Solar’s high-performance thin-film modules to power the Otjozondjupa Solar Park in Namibia
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Africa’s first solar-powered airport opens in Western Cape
![The airport will generate electricity by harnessing energy from the sun, tapped through photo-voltaic panels. (Image Source: Pete Jelliffe/Flickr)](/images/SOLARpanels_PeteJelliffeFLICKR.jpg)
The airport will generate electricity by harnessing energy from the sun, tapped through photo-voltaic panels. (Image Source: Pete Jelliffe/Flickr)
South Africa has opened the continent’s first solar-powered airport in Western Cape
AJ Power supply gensets to Ghana
AJ Power has recently supplied three gensets to a beverage company in Ghana in association with the local AJ Power distributor, G&J Technical Services Ltd.
Nigeria and Japan sign US$11mn power supply deal
![The sustained implementation of this project can pave the way for access to socio-economic services, Udama said. (Image Source: SparkFunElectrics/Flickr)](/images/substation-SparkFunElectronics-flickr.jpg)
The sustained implementation of this project can pave the way for access to socio-economic services, Udama said. (Image Source: SparkFunElectrics/Flickr)
In a bid to improve emergency power supply facilities, the Nigerian government has signed an agreement with Japan requiring the latter to provide a grant worth US$11mn for the upgrade of two substations in the Federal Territory (FCT) and Nasarawa states
ArcelorMittal looks for power producer to build new plant
![Electricity accounts for nearly a third of costs at Saldanha. (Image source: Daniel J Heinlin/Shutterstock)](/images/gasplant-DanielJHeinlin-ss.jpg)
Electricity accounts for nearly a third of costs at Saldanha. (Image source: Daniel J Heinlin/Shutterstock)
ArcelorMittal South Africa is looking for an independent power producer (IPP) to build an 800MW gas-fired power station at its Saldanha Steel Works