The Kupinga mini-hydropower plant in Chipinge in the eastern province of Manicaland has started generating electricity, state-owned daily The Herald reported on 7 August. The run-of-river facility in the Rusitu River catchment area is generating at 92% of its capacity but is...

Telecoms company MTN is extending its partnership with energy and financial services firm Fenix International to launch pay-to-own solar home systems in Zambia. The Swedish embassy in Lusaka is committing SEK24.75m ($3m) to the project between now and 2020, and the US Agency...

The Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (Masen) invites bids by 14 September from consultants to provide advisory services on the challenges posed by the expansion of its operations from the development of solar energy to all forms of renewables including wind and...

Developer TuNur, which has not abandoned efforts to generate solar energy for export to Europe, in late July applied to the Ministry of Energy and Mines for authorisation to build an eventual 4.5GW concentrated solar power (CSP) plant near Rjim Maatoug in the south-western...

Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) invites expressions of interest by 11 September for consulting services for a feasibility study for the rehabilitation and optimisation of the Nalubaale and Kiira hydropower plants. The 180MW Nalubaale and 200MW Kiira...