Akuo deploys 44 mobile solar units in Madagascar
Each unit contains 200 pre-assembled and pre-wired photovoltaic panels and can be deployed in 30 minutes.
Solar micro-grid with 1 MW/4 MWh of vanadium redox flow storage in South Africa
Spanish renewable energy company Abengoa will deploy a 3.5 MW solar micro-grid at a vanadium mining site operated by Bushveld Minerals in South Africa. The storage system will be provided by Austria-based storage specialist Enerox Holdings Limited.
Senegal to host 30 MW solar park coupled to 15 MW/45 MWh of storage
The $40 million projects will be the country’s first large scale solar-plus-storage project.
Pension funds and corporates could save the world
The second edition of the clean energy investment report produced by IRENA says the industry needs to unlock the $87 trillion being sat on by the world’s biggest investment houses – ‘greening’ the $100 trillion global bond market would help too.
Tender launched to build small-sized solar plants in Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is seeking proposals from independent power producers for PV plants ranging in size from 60 to 500 kW.
Zimbabwean horticultural firm to be powered by 1.9 MW of solar-plus-storage
The project is being developed by South Africa-based peer-to-peer solar equipment leasing marketplace Sun Exchange. A 3.9 MWh storage system will be integrated to three different solar plants. The facility will power the packhouse, the cold store facilities, the pump sites and a farm owned by Zimbabwe’s Nhimbe Fresh.
World could add more than 900 GW of solar by 2025 if politicians grasp the nettle – IEA
With the International Energy Agency publishing its latest five-year clean energy forecast today, pv magazine takes a look at the solar content of the 162-page document.
Botswana launches net metering scheme for rooftop PV
The new scheme, called Rooftop Solar Programme, is expected to allocate 10 MW of PV capacity over the next 12 months.
Solar challenges and trends and Covid-19 discussed at 2020 Africa Energy Forum
The 24-day, digital 2020 Africa Energy Forum kicked off on October 20. The event brings together African energy sector officials to identify opportunities, air their views, form partnerships, and take the necessary steps to improve the industry. For solar, challenges in policy making, procurement processes and the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic were discussed, as well as emerging trends such as solar digitalization.
Large scale PV project in Malawi gets financial support from African Trade Insurance Agency
The 37 MW PV project is part of Malawi’s action plan to free the country from its dependence on hydropower, which currently accounts for over 90% of its energy supply.
