Category: Alternative & Renewable Energy
B&S Power Holding PTE, SunnyFred Global, others to build West Africa’s largest solar power plant in Nigeria
B&S Power Holding PTE, a global renewable energy and mining developer, engaged in renewable energy power plant design, development, financing, construction and operation, together with SunnyFred Global, a Nigerian investment entity, have concluded arrangements in collaboration with other stakeholders and technical partners, to design, develop, finance and construct Ashama solar power plant -West Africa’s largest solar photovoltaic farm- in Nigeria.
GWEC: Africa is only using 0.01% of its wind potential
The latest data released by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), Africa and the Middle East region installed 821MW of new wind power capacity in 2020, pushing total capacity in the region over 7GW.
Nissan starts building sustainable future community in Japan
Nissan began a field test of new mobility services today as part of a partnership to promote future community building in Japan.
Nissan sets carbon neutral goal for 2050
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. has set the goal to achieve carbon neutrality across the company’s operations and the life cycle of its products by 2050.1 As part of this effort, by the early 2030s every all-new Nissan vehicle offering in key markets will be electrified.
Daystar Power raises $38m for West Africa expansion
Solar energy solutions company Daystar Power has raised $38 million, mostly from development finance institutions, to expand operations across West Africa, it said on Tuesday.
AfDB approves $15m for clean energy generation in sub-Saharan Africa
The African Development Bank’s board of directors have approved $15 million from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) and $10 million from the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) to advance African Renewable Energy Fund (AREF) II’s projects to boost low-carbon energy generation in sub-Saharan Africa.
FG unveils new energy access project ‘Solar Power Naija’
The Federal Government of Nigeria has launched a ‘Solar Power Naija’ project, a programme focussing on 5 million solar connections for off-grid communities as part of the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
CrossBoundary Energy raises $40m to grow C&I solar projects in Africa
ARCH Emerging Markets Partners’ Africa Renewable Power Fund (ARCH ARPF) is providing $40 million in new equity funding to exit initial investors and support CrossBoundary Energy to continue to develop, construct and operate distributed Commercial & Industrial (C&I) solar projects that will provide businesses across Africa with access to cheaper, cleaner power.
Africa Energy Forum and AFSIA celebrate 15 winners of AFSIA Solar Awards 2020
More than 130 entries were submitted across the different categories from all over the continent over the past few months.
Another major breakthrough for solar energy
That partnership appears to be bearing fruit, with the consortium recently announcing highly encouraging advancements in perovskite technology that could boost the efficiency of perovskite solar cells from the current ceiling of ~25% to a dreamy 66%.