Solar Energy

The European Union (EU) has approved a $3.4 million working capital facility under the ElectriFI Country Window for Nigeria for energy access beneficiaries. The fund is being made available for Okra Solar to use solar mesh grids to…

The German Investment and Development Corporation (DEG) has announced the provision of a loan of $750,000 to Husk Power Systems. The company is expected to use the loan to finance the construction of eight solar microgrids in Nigeria,…

...Expands Series D to $330ity Investment Led By Le Sun King, a provider of off-grid solar energy products in Africa and Asia, has secured a $70 million equity investment led by LeapFrog Investments. Many African households and…

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has released $138.21 million for the construction of solar photovoltaic power plants and solar mini-grids across Niger. Of this funding, $46 million is being lent under the Transition Support…

The Universal Energy Facility (UEF), a multi-donor results-based finance (RBF) facility, has announced December 9, as the deadline for mini grid projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo UEF provides incentive payments (i.e.,…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection operatives are reported to have has seized over 1,000 shipments of China-made solar power equipment following a new U.S. law targeting forced labor in a Chinese region.The products detained by the U.S.…

Officials have confirmed that a 60 kWp solar photovoltaic system is currently under construction in Sokoto State in north-western Nigeria. The solar system is expected to power the local government secretariat, hospital and mosque in…

Total and Google Cloud have pooled their expertise to jointly develop an innovative tool, Solar Mapper – a tool for estimating the solar energy potential of houses’ roofs. In a statement on Tuesday, Total said the new tech is aimed…

Chibisi Ohakah, Abuja With a market value of $4.6 million, Nigeria ranks among the top five economies with largest cash market of off-grid solar energy, latest Global Off-Grid Solar Market Report has said. The report was put together…

After a foreign kickstart, African investors and regulators have to take over the lead in shaping the continent’s sustainable energy future KIGALI, Rwanda, September 3, 2018/ -- For years, the African renewable energy development…

African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) has invested in Starsight Power Utility, a Nigeria-based energy services company providing solar-diesel-battery hybrid and efficient cooling and lighting solutions to its commercial and…

Booming Chinese solar installations propelled annual worldwide investments in renewable energy and energy-smart technology 3 percent higher to $333.5 billion last year—the second-highest on record, a Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF)…

The European Union has pledged to support the expansion of Nigeria’s power transmission infrastructure with a grant of €25m (N7.6bn at the official exchange rate of N305 to one Euro). According to the Transmission Company of…

By Obineme Ndubuisi Micheal PAN Africa Solar will employ up to 1,000 people for solar jobs in Nigeria as the company is currently developing a 75 megawatts projects with solar PV in Katsina state, fully supported by the State…

Kwesi Appiah, coach of Ghana’s national football team, the Black Stars, has announced that he wishes to build in Ashaiman, in the Greater Accra region, a solar equipment manufacturing plant. To this end, he will be backed by Appiah-Karim…

By Dirisu Yakubu with agency reports In Burkina Faso, the 15MWc solar plant which is to power the Essakane goldmine will be financed by the BICIAB, local subsidiary of the BNP Paribas group. EREN Renewable Energy, the firm in charge…

By Dirisu Yakubu with agency reports In Ghana, the implementation of the solar electrification plan for the country’s high schools is valued at $420 million. This was stated by Seth Maho, deputy director of the renewable energy at the…