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ARE and ACER Sign MoU to Speed Up Energy Access Uptake in Cameroon
20 July 2021 – A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Cameroonian Association for Renewable Energies (ACER) and the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE). The MoU sets out the shared goals of the two organisations to address […]
ARE & OECS to Accelerate the Race to the Sun in the Eastern Caribbean Region
10 August 2021 – The Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE), the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and the Eastern Caribbean Solar Challenge will be co-organising a dialogue on Advancing Policy & Mobilising Investment: The Eastern Caribbean Solar Challenge on 2 September […]
STAG-Tech and ARE Member 247Solar to collaborate for round-the-clock wind power
3 August 2021 – ARE Member 247Solar Inc., a US-based spinoff of MIT, along with UK-based STAG-tech, a supplier of low-cost, containerised wind turbines, today announced a collaboration agreement to combine STAG-Tech’s innovative compact wind turbines with 247Solar’s HeatStorE™ long-duration thermal […]
ARE Member CrossBoundary Energy to supply solar and wind power to the Rio Tinto mine in Madagascar
28 July 2021 – Renewable energy provider ARE Member CrossBoundary Energy (CBE) has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Anglo-Australian mining company Rio Tinto. CBE will supply solar and wind power to an ilmenite mine operated by Rio Tinto in […]
MyJouleBox, a leading West African solar operator, secures EUR 3m Series A round from ARE financier members to boost growth in core markets
ARE Member EDFI ElectriFI invested a total of EUR 1.5m split (under the Benin Country Window funded by the European Union) for EUR 500,000 into equity alongside ARE Member Gaia Impact Fund and for EUR 1m into convertible notes together […]
PowerGen partners with CrossBoundary Energy Access, Oikocredit, Triodos Investment Management and EDFI ElectriFI to connect 55,000 people to electricity in rural Nigeria
22 July 2021 – ARE Member PowerGen, the leading developer in Africa of on-grid and off-grid distributed energy, has secured long term project financing to connect 55,000 people to electricity in rural Nigeria from ARE Member CrossBoundary Energy Access with construction […]
ARE Member Inensus GmbH to increase the profitability of mini-grids in agricultural value chains through its joint venture Volt-Terra with grant funding from PREO
16 July 2021 – VOLT-TERRA seeks to increase profitability of mini-grids in agricultural value chains by applying the cutting-edge KeyMaker Model (KMM). Responding to the aim of rural industrialisation, the KMM is based on Economies of Scope theory. It utilises the […]
Green People’s Energy launches new funding window
The GIZ programme Green People’s Energy (GBE) launches a new 1 Million Euro grant funding window for projects in sub-Saharan Africa targeting two specific energy access challenges: Increasing Off-Grid System Sustainability and Reducing CO2 Emissions via Energy Access. If selected, […]
ARE Member EDP funds seven solar energy projects in five African countries
8 July 2021 – Several sustainable and clean energy projects will receive a total funding of half a million euros through the A2E Fund. Initiatives could benefit more than 30,000 people. Solar energy is a common element in the seven […]
ARE Member InfraCo Africa invests in 22 solar mini-grids in Busia county
6 Jul 2021 – A shareholder agreement has been signed between ARE Member InfraCo Africa, an investment company of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) and Rural Village Energy Solutions (RVE.SOL). The agreement covers the continuation of a rural electrification […]