One of the key features of concentrated solar power (CSP) technology is the potential to operate with storage and provide dispatchable renewable energy supply
Energy
Africa's first grid-connected biogas plant commissioned in Kenya
Africa’s first grid-connected 2.8MW biogas plant will be launched in Kenya on 1 March 2015, which will add 2.2MW of electricity generated from corn
AfDB facility approves US$777,000 grant for Cameroon’s 72MW solar plant
AfDB’s Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has approved a grant worth US$777,000 for Canada’s JCM Greenquest Solar Corporation to develop a 72MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Cameroon
Norfund and CDC to acquire Globeleq Africa
The Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries (Norfund) along with CDC and UK’s finance institution DFI have entered a new partnership to add at least 5,000MW of power to Africa’s power grid in the next 10 years, and eventually acquire Globeleq Africa
Ghana's road to energy sufficiency
Ghana’s aspiration of becoming a middle income country in a not too distant future hinges strongly on the availability of reliable and affordable electricity supply, a development tool that propels economies of countries in the current competitive global world