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With power demand in Egypt having grown by 28 per cent in recent years, the Benban photovoltaic facility is expected to meet the country’s increasing energy needs. (Image source: ACWA Power)

ACWA Power has reached financial close of the three solar PV projects worth US$190mn under Round 2 of Egypt Feed-in-Tariff program II, with an aggregate capacity of 165.5MWp

AfDB has committed to 100 per cent climate screening for all of its financed projects. (Image source: AfDB)

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has achieved a 100 per cent investment in renewable energy in 2017, a major achievement in its commitment to clean energy and efficiency

The EPC and project manager have levelled land with civil works equipment and are hiring local staff for the project’s completion. (Image source: The Republic of Sierra Leone)

Dr Enest Bai Koroma, President of Sierra Leone, has inaugurated six megawatt solar park project in Freetown, aiming to provide a substantial access to clean renewable and sustainable electricity to both urban and western rural districts around the capital city

Algeria holds one of the highest solar potentials in the world, which is estimated at 13.9 TWh per year. (Image source: NREL/Flickr)

The chairman and general director of Sonatrach Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour and Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Algiers for the development of a partnership in the renewable energy sector


TheMoU aims at identifying, in Sonatrach’s productive sites, areas in which to build solar power production units, performing the feasibility studies in the selected sites, and elaborating the business model for the projects to be developed.

The meeting was also the occasion to assess the ongoing partnership between Sonatrach and Eni, marked by a long-term cooperation in the hydrocarbon sector in Algeria.

Ould Kaddour said, “Sonatrach wants to strengthen its partnership with Eni also in the Upstream, petrochemicals, R&D and marketing sectors, and we are open to all collaboration proposals.”

Descalzi also stated, “Today we confirm our engagement in promoting a sustainable development in Algeria, as an integral part of our energy transition strategy aimed at increasing the use of energy from renewable sources. We also want to intensify our partnership with Sonatrach with new projects, in Algeria as well as abroad”.

Eni has been present in Algeria since 1981 and is credited as the first foreign partner on 38 mining permits. Equity production in the country yields approximately 100,000bpd.

South Africa focuses on boosting its renewable energy sector to meet domestic demand of energy. (Image source: jbdodane/Flickr)

South Africa’s Loeriesfontein and Khobab wind farms have announced the commencement of their 20-year commercial operations, with a generation capacity of 140MW each

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