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Zambia Get FiT announces latest low solar tariffs
The Global Energy Transfer Feed-in Tariff (Get FiT) Zambia secretariat has announced the award of six solar photovoltaic (PV) projects with combined capacity of 120MW. The first Get FiT round to be held in Zambia had been targeting 100MW from solar projects of 20MW or smaller,...
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Niger: Kandadji hydropower dam project launched
Construction of the 130MW Kandadji hydropower project on the Niger River was officially launched on 26 March at a ceremony presided over by President Mahamadou Issoufou. The hydropower plant is being built by China Gezhouba Group Company in tandem with a 26-metre-high, 8.7km-...
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Malawi: Golomoti solar prequalification
Golomoti JCM Solar Corporation Ltd has issued a request for expressions of interest (EoIs) from engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) and operations and maintenance (O&M) contractors for the 20MW Golomoti solar photovoltaic (PV) project. Up to five bidders will be...
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Egypt: Scatec Solar starts commercial operations for 65MW plant
Norway’s Scatec Solar announced on 11 April that commercial operations had begun at a 65MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project in the Benban solar complex. A number of plants are already operating at Benban, which is expected to eventually reach 1.5GW, making it the largest solar...
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Eritrea: Solarcentury completes two mini-grids
UK-based Solarcentury announced in late March that it had completed two rural mini-grids at Areza (1.25MWp) and Maidma (1MWp). The mini-grids use solar photovoltaic modules with Tesla lithium batteries and back-up diesel generators from Caterpillar. Construction took eight...
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Eritrea
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Mali: Cabinet approves Sikasso solar project
A cabinet meeting on 21 March adopted a draft decree approving development of the first 29.6MW phase of a 50MW solar plant in Sikasso on a build-own-operate-transfer basis. A tender process for a 50MW solar PV project at Sikasso was initiated in 2015. Mali-based company Power...
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Nigeria: CrossBoundary C&I portfolio grows with new PPA
CrossBoundary Energy has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for a 650kW rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) facility to supply Heineken’s Nigerian Breweries Plc brewery in Ibadan. CrossBoundary has been pioneering a portfolio approach to small-scale projects in Africa,...
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