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Power distribution companies (DisCos) in Nigeria can save about N18.3bn ($60m/$1=N306) annually allowing mini-grid operators share distribution assets to provide power for rural customers who cost them a lot to serve and generate lower returns, a…
A 55MW methane gas power project was inaugurated in Rubavu District on Thursday with the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Infrastructure, Eng. Patrice Uwase, commending the main project sponsor for the initiative.
According to the Ministry,…
A new study shows that solar may help reduce water pumping costs in a desert oasis of Mauritania by more than 300%, while also considerably reducing water losses. The researchers claim that PV water pumping may also help prevent the desertification…
A World Bank presentation in London drew an encouraging picture for the Nigerian market by explaining why the mini grid segment will take off in the next 12 months.
The World Bank’s Jon Exel has predicted the five-year mini-grid program run in…
Rwanda’s energy ambition received a boost this week following an endorsement of a financial instrument by the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance that will accelerate the deployment of solar home systems.
The institution approved the piloting…
Community Energy and Social Enterprise Limited (CESEL) recently launched the Diaspora-Power (DPower) initiative. Objective: to mobilise one billion dollars to invest in the solar off grid in Nigeria with funds from the Nigerian diaspora.
How to…
The government of the Tshopo province has signed an agreement with Cat Projects Africa for the PV plant. The project will be connected to the grid operated by utility Société nationale d’électricité and is intended to improve power supply in…
As part of the 11th European Development Fund (EDF), the European Union has approved €27 million, about 18 billion CFA francs for the funding of three development projects in Senegal. Senegal’s Minister of Economy, Planning and Cooperation, Amadou…
Barry Callebaut, a leading international chocolate manufacturer and one of the leading processors of cocoa in Ghana, has officially inaugurated its newly installed solar generation facility in the factory in Tema. The installation of the 504 KWp …