South Africa: Mainstream Projects to Deliver 1.27gw of New Clean Power

Global wind and solar company, Mainstream Renewable Power, today announces that 12 of its projects have won preferred bidder status in Round 5 of South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power … Read More

ENGIE Energy Access Empowers African with Clean Energy via Smart Integration of Mini-grids & New Solar Home System brand

ENGIE Energy Access (EEA) has announced that within 1 year of integrating its decentralized energy businesses, it has considerably expanded its customer base and is now delivering safe and reliable … Read More

Renewables supplied only a third of Africa’s electricity demand growth

An analysis of global electricity revealed that wind and solar showed resilient growth in 2020 despite the pandemic, forcing a record fall in global coal power. The Global Electricity Review … Read More

Energy Storage to Enable the Continued Growth of Renewables in Kenya

By Michael Ball, Project Development Manager for Africa and Europe, Wärtsilä According to the government’s power development plans, the next decade will see many new solar PV and wind power … Read More

Magnora ASA Accelerates Growth with a Project Portfolio Pipeline of net 1 GW Potential Solar PV & Onshore Wind

Renewable energy development company Magnora ASA has entered into agreements to acquire 100 percent of the shares in a South African company with a 775 MW greenfield renewable development portfolio. … Read More

$100M XPRIZE for Carbon Removal Funded by Elon Musk to Fight Climate Change

XPRIZE, the world’s leader in designing and launching incentive competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges, today announced the $100M XPRIZE Carbon Removal sponsored by Elon Musk and the Musk Foundation. … Read More

ETHIOPIA: Siemens Gamesa Inks First Wind Farm Project in Assela

Siemens Gamesa has signed its first wind power project in Ethiopia with state-owned electricity company Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP),strengthening its leadership in Africa as the country begins to expand its … Read More

German Capital, Technology to Increase in Africa’s Energy Sector

This week, the Germany-Africa Business Forum (GABF) is organizing an exclusive webinar to encourage new deals between German and African public and private energy stakeholders. This is an extremely timely … Read More

General Electric (GE) Employees Volunteer Time and Resources with the Kipeto Wind Farm Community in Kajiado, Kenya

General Electric Kenya employees volunteered their time to make a difference in the Kipeto Wind Farm community in Kajiado as part of the company’s volunteer day. The volunteer day included … Read More