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ARE Member SustainSolar delivers solar mini-grid on Idjwi Island, DRC
6 July 2020 – Despite the challenges of covid-19 lockdown, ARE Member SustainSolar, an Africa-focused solar photovoltaic (PV) off-grid system integrator and provider of turn-key solutions for rural electrification, recently started working on a containerised off-grid solar-battery power systems to […]
Take the Survey – COVID-19: Energy Access Industry Barometer
3 July 2020 – The COVID-19 crisis has created many challenges for the energy access sector and thrown us into a time of great uncertainty. The markets where we operate, and the people we serve, are particularly vulnerable to both […]
ARE Member Sunkofa & PowerGen awarded 40 Mini-Grids on the Benin Mini-Grid Call for Proposals
29 Jun 2020 – PowerGen and ARE Member Sunkofa Energy signed on 22 March 2020 with MCA Millennium Challenge Account (MCA), funded by Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), the co-financing agreement to put in place the project of electrification of 40 villages […]
ARE Member EDP sponsors 8 clean energy access projects in Africa with €500,000
Lisbon, 15 June 2020 – The projects will be implemented in Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria and Malawi, and are expected to benefit more than one million people. The overall amount to be invested through the A2E Fund stands at €500,000. […]
ARE Partner REN21’s latest Renewables Global Status Report reveals 126% surge in mini-grid start-ups investment
Paris, 16 June 2020 – This year’s Renewables 2020 Global Status Report (GSR) reveals an increase in demand for renewable power, yet the growth in total energy demand outweighs the progress. ARE Partner REN21 warns that if the entire energy system […]
ARE Member Gaia Impact Fund announces a milestone equity investment in Nuru, a mini-grid developer and operator in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Goma, 16 June 2020 – “Nuru is thrilled to be partnering with Gaia Impact Fund to bring millions of people renewable energy in the Democratic Republic of Congo”, says Jonathan Shaw, CEO of Nuru. Nuru, which recently commissioned a 1.3 […]
ARE Member Renewvia commissions mini-grids in 3 localities in Kenya
11 June 2020 – The Kenyan subsidiary of solar off-grid provider and ARE Member Renewvia Energy has just commissioned three solar mini grids for three communities in Turkana and Marsabit counties in Kenya. This electrification project was implemented in partnership […]
Leading energy access representatives call for USD 35 million in immediate lifeline support to survive Covid-19
5 June 2020 – Covid-19 is already severely impacting the energy access sector and threatens to undermine the industry’s achievements, putting SDG7 all but out of reach – a goal that is “inextricably linked” to nearly all of the SDGs. […]
ARE Member Renewvia lights up two Nigerian communities with mini-grids
Bayelsa State, Nigeria – On June 2, 2020, the Federal Government of Nigeria, through its Implementing Agency – Rural Electrification Agency (REA), commissioned two solar hybrid mini grids in the villages of Akipelai and Oloibiri, Bayelsa State with a total capacity […]
Op-ed: Sustainable Energy Access during COVID-19: Time for Collaboration not Heroes
By Siré A. Diallo, Sustainable Energy Market Development Consultant 28 May 2020 – Our lives have been altered by the COVID-19 pandemic. As, George W. Bush, former president of the US, put it, “A pandemic is a lot like a forest fire. If […]