At the Africa Renewables Investment Summit (ARIS), that took place in Cape Town, South Africa, Empower New Energy, a Norwegian solar development and investment company, signed a landmark agreement to raise US$74mn from a consortium led by Climate Fund Managers (CFM), manager of Climate Investor One (CIO)
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Voltalia to provide renewable power for Richards Bay Minerals
Voltalia, an international player in the renewable energy market, has concluded a corporate power purchase agreement with Richards Bay Minerals (RBM), a leader in mineral sands extraction and a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, for the largest renewable energy site dedicated to a corporate client in South Africa
ACWA Power signs two MoU agreements with Senegal National Water and Electricity companies
ACWA Power, a leading Saudi operator of worldwide water desalination and green hydrogen plants, has announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding agreements with both National Water Company of Senegal (SONES) and the National Electricity Company of Senegal (SENELEC)
Shell advances into African renewables space with acquisition of Daystar Power
Shell, a British multinational oil and gas company, has expanded its presence in Africa’s emerging power market through the acquisition of Daystar Power, a West African provider of hybrid solar power solutions to commercial and industrial (C&I) businesses
Solving South Africa’s energy crisis
South Africa, the southernmost country of the world’s most resourceful continent, is going through successive rounds of load shedding, representing an ongoing period of widespread national-level rolling blackouts as electricity supply falls behind electricity demand