Renewables
Every form of green renewable energy in Africa
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Sineng Starts Deliveries for Egypt's Nefertiti Battery Project
Sineng starts shipping inverter equipment for Africa's largest standalone battery project in Egypt, where a gas-heavy grid needs storage to use more solar.
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SON Sets Safety Standards for CNG, Backs Nigeria's Clean Energy
The Standard Organisation of Nigeria says its rules for compressed natural gas will keep the fuel safe and reliable.
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Nigeria: Enugu Secures $200m Solar Investment, Tariffs under Review
Eauxwell Nigeria Ltd. says it will fix the final electricity price after talks with regulators. The plant will use battery storage to supply homes, farm processors and small businesses.
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DBE Outlines Loan Terms for Ethiopia's Off-Grid Solar Firms
Ethiopia's development bank offers two-year loans and letters of credit to solar importers, as under half of a $40.5m facility had been paid out by 2025.
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Tanzania: 400,000 Homes to Adopt Clean Cooking by 2034
Tanzania’s Singida Region plans to expand clean cooking to 400,000 households by 2034, with the government supporting access to gas stoves and improved cookstoves.
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Nigeria's BURN Secures CORSIA Eligibility for 5.2 Million Carbon Credits
More than $9.6 million has gone into BURN's Nigerian operations, with backing from international investors helping the clean cooking company prepare millions of carbon credits for sale to airlines.
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Nigeria Shelves Immediate Solar Panel Import Ban After Backlash
Nigeria's solar boom runs on Chinese imports, and the shelved ban leaves the government with a harder task: building local factories without raising costs.
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REA Secures N100bn Financing to Accelerate Renewable Energy Projects
The financing arrangement could help tackle one of Nigeria’s persistent clean-energy bottlenecks by giving approved projects access to working capital for equipment, construction and implementation.
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Koko Networks Collapse Leaves Lenders Facing $227m Losses
Creditors faces multi-million dollar losses as administrators struggle to sell the clean-fuel company's assets following a government licence block in Kenya.
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Eskom Opens Bids for Partners on 6GW Renewables Push
Eskom is courting private partners for 6GW of solar, wind and storage on its own coal sites, a bid to supply mines and factories with clean power.