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WFES: Off Grid Electric and BYD big winners at Zayed Future Energy Prize awards
Opening ceremony for the World Future Energy Summit outlines renewable energy challenges and announces winners of Zayed Future Energy Prize.
Interview: Akon discusses solar opportunities in Africa
Famous musician and popstar Akon is figurehead and founder of the Akon Lighting Africa initiative, which has provided affordable solar power to more than one million Africans. Akon’s goal, with the help of his business partners Samba Bathily and Thione Niang co-founders of Solektra International is to bring solar energy to 600 million people in Africa. pv magazine caught up with all three at the recent COP21 UN Climate Change Summit in Paris to talk about this initiative.
BBOXX secures $15m funding for Africa solar ventures
The British solar energy provider completes funding round with consortium of investors, including a package that uses securitization as a means of financing solar systems in Africa a first for the continent.
Off Grid Electric secures $45 million for solar, storage deployment in Tanzania
Off Grid Electric has secured US$45 million in investment to realize its aim of installing solar and battery storage in one million homes in Tanzania over the next three years.
Children's rights NGO, SkyPower to bring solar-powered light to rural Kenya
SkyPower and Plan International plan to distribute two million home solar kits over a five-year period, with an aim to reduce reliance on kerosene.
GEI Global seeking solar partner for major Tanzanian project
The U.S. fuel cell electric power generation company is working with the Tanzanian government and international partners to develop major solar projects in the East African country.
Enel Green Power boosts rural electrification in Kenya
The country’s low electrification rate coupled with its high mobile phone penetration makes it ideal for innovative solutions that integrate the electrification of rural areas with renewable energy generation, storage facilities and advanced billing systems, according to Enel Green Power.
M-Kopa Solar secures $19 million equity investment
The U.S. startup and provider of pay-as-you-go solar energy in Africa secures funding from Generation Investment Management for the wider development of its off-grid leapfrog model in East Africa.
Solar activity heats up in Africa
A number of solar plans have been announced across the African continent, including Sterling and Wilsons aim to install 500 MW of PV across the next three years; and a US$100 million investment for renewables deployment in Rwanda and Uganda.
Off-grid solar market worth $300 million annually
The off-grid solar market now represents US$300 million annually, with more than 13 million products having been sold to date, according to a new report. The sub-Saharan market is said to be reporting the strongest growth, followed by South Asia.
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