L R AS Published on Sunday 4 February 2024 - n° 474 - Categories:Africa
Africa has added 3.7 GW of solar power by 2023.
Africa has added 3.7 GW of solar power by 2023. These installations are on
AS Published on Sunday 14 January 2024 - n° 471 - Categories:Middle East, Africa
Covering the Sahara with panels would have climatic effects on the surrounding area
If solar power plants were to be installed over half the Sahara, an international team has discovered that they would have a significant impact on the environment.
L R AS Published on Sunday 22 January 2023 - n° 431 - Categories:Africa
1 GW installed in Africa by 2022, bringing the total to 10 GW
Solar installations across Africa reached 949 MW in 2022, bringing cumulative capacity to over 10 GW, according to the African Solar Industry Association (AFSIA).
L R AS Published on Sunday 14 November 2021 - n° 382 - Categories:panels, Africa
Microbes on panels in the tropics, but not only...
Solar panels in tropical areas harbour microbes that could be used for biotechnological applications. These micro-organisms
AS Published on Saturday 28 August 2021 - n° 371 - Categories:various sectors, Africa
Satellite irradiation data in Africa is said to be superior to ground-based surveys
Solar irradiation in Africa, as measured by satellites, is higher or even much higher than the solar power plants installed on the ground, according to the independent power producer
L R AS Published on Saturday 12 December 2020 - n° 344 - Categories:Africa
Soon a 4th panel production plant in Algeria
The Algerian Commissariat for Renewable Energies (Cerefe) plans to build a new solar panel factory in Ouargla, to be built by
AS Published on Sunday 8 November 2020 - n° 339 - Categories:Africa
The number of solar installations in Africa is estimated at 6.6 GW by the end of 2019
The number of solar installations in Africa is estimated at 6.6 GW by the end of 2019, i.e. less than
L R AS Published on Monday 31 August 2020 - n° 329 - Categories:Africa
Algeria relaunches the 2009 Desertec project with Germany
Algeria relaunches the Desertec project dating from 2009, on the occasion of a preliminary agreement with Germany The first stage of this cooperation includes technical studies
L R AS Published on Sunday 15 March 2020 - n° 313 - Categories:capacity increase/decrease, Africa
Projects for three panel production plants in Africa
A panel production plant will open in the third quarter in Bahrain with an initial capacity of 25 MW. The plant will use
L R AS Published on Saturday 8 February 2020 - n° 308 - Categories:French companies, Africa
Urbasolar to build a 30 MW solar power plant in Burkina Faso
Urbasolar will build a 30 MW solar power plant in the province of Balé, Burkina Faso. The project has obtained a power purchase contract with the national utility Sonabel with a tariff of 48 CFA (US$0.081) / kWh, which is significantly lower than the tariff of 130 CFA (US$0.22) / kWh provided by thermal electricity.
PV Tech of 5 February
L R AS Published on Sunday 1 December 2019 - n° 300 - Categories:Africa
Financing African projects remains a struggle
As the African continent has significant solar resources, different parts of the economy (industry, commerce, public services) could benefit from this. However, financing renewable energy projects in Africa is not always an easy task. This was the conclusion of a recent symposium in Berlin.
There are many different forms of financing.
L R AS Published on Friday 1 November 2019 - n° 296 - Categories:Africa
4.1 million electricity-related items sold off-grid in nine months
Sales of off-grid solar products (lamps, multi-luminaires, panels, etc.) reached 4.1 million objects in the first half of 2019 according to the World Bank. The sales record was beaten this year. They
AS Published on Sunday 20 October 2019 - n° 294 - Categories:Africa
What are the lessons to be learned from the failure of Mobiol and Solarkiosk?
Pay-as-you-go is a way of offering a tailored solution to clients with limited financial resources who are in remote rural areas, particularly in Africa. This business model has attracted $600 million in funding and is attracting growing interest from large private groups such as EDF, Engie, the Portuguese EDP, Total, ...
The market is highly competitive and requires large amounts of capital to finance the installations prior to the offer.
Characteristics of the offer
R AS Published on Friday 4 October 2019 - n° 292 - Categories:Africa
Morocco has a large potential for RE, but beware of the induced effects
Morocco could cover 2 to 4% of the world demand for synthetic fuel (in particular by
R AS Published on Sunday 29 September 2019 - n° 291 - Categories:Africa
Scatec wants to industrialise PV installations in Africa
Norwegian developer Scatec Solar, already a specialist in emerging countries, wants to make a name for itself in Africa by providing electricity at half the cost of diesel. To do this, it has launched a leasing formula to stimulate installations between 1 and 25 megawatts over a ten-year period. This corresponds to the need of a number of companies or even utilities that do not want to own assets.
Constitute 200 kWp subassemblies
In order to halve the cost of installations, the company plans to design projects to