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The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), a subsidiary of the World Bank, has recently issued a $6.9 million guarantee for the future Kael and Kahone solar power plants in Senegal. They will supply 60 MW of electricity to the grid.
The…
G5 Sahel heads of state at a Summit on Friday in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, gave strong support to Desert to Power, an Africa Development Bank-led initiative.
The summit, “Harnessing solar energy for the socio-economic development of the G5 Sahel…
The director of the state-owned Kenya Power (KPLC) has just announced that hybrid off-grid systems will be installed to power rural areas in Kenya. The company has a budget of $6.7 million to carry out this project.
What can be done to improve…
When UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres launched the International Solar Alliance last October, he applauded the goal of mobilizing about $1 trillion dollars towards the deployment of some 1,000 gigawatts of solar energy by 2030.
“It is clear,”…
The southern highlands of Tanzania are blessed with fertile soil and good weather. But some areas are also known for extreme poverty and a lack of infrastructure.
Solar power has the potential to change that, offering people in remote areas access…
New loan financing from NDF-financed Off-Grid Energy Access Fund builds on early stage support from EEP Africa
The Facility for Energy Inclusion Off-Grid Energy Access Fund (FEI-OGEF) recently announced a new investment in Sunculture, a Kenya-based…
Electricity Generation Companies (GenCos), comprising gas-fired and hydro stations, said they released an average of 3,633 megawatts of electricity into the national grid on Wednesday.
The figure as contained in a daily energy report compiled by…
The chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Prof James Momoh, has assured the West African nation that “stable power supply in the nation will be realised in our lifetime".
Momoh is confident that this would be achieved…
What is the Desert to Power Initiative?
Desert to Power is an ambitious and innovative partnership-driven initiative of the African Development Bank to transform the Sahel and Sahara region through the deployment of solar technologies, at scale, in…