Category: Member article
Solar power provides cooling for fish, herbs and milk in Kenya
Memmingen, 28 July 2022 – As part of the PV Cool Kenya project, the Allgäu-based solar company and ARE Member Phaesun, together with the start-up Solar Cooling Engineering and Kenya’s Strathmore University, implemented innovative technologies for solar-powered cooling systems in Kenya. […]
Engie Energy, PreMal Launch Solar-Powered Insecticide-Free Mosquito Traps
22 July 2022 – ARE Member Engie Energy Access and Dutch-based social enterprise PreMal, have partnered to launch a solar-powered mosquito trapping system in Kenya. This technology is a first in the largest economy in East Africa. Christened MTego, the […]
First Haitian homes energised with promising clean technology
Local energy developer, Alina Eneji, has deployed “Mesh-Grid” technology from ARE Member Okra Solar to provide sustainable electricity access in rural communities who can not be connected to the Haitian national grid. 15 July 2022, Dulagon, Haiti – 300 households in rural […]
EDFI ElectriFI and Oikocredit to support Solar Panda’s off-grid solar power for low-income Kenyan households
6 July 2022 – The EU-funded and ARE Member Electrification Financing Initiative (EDFI ElectriFI) and social impact investor and worldwide cooperative Oikocredit have agreed to co-invest US$ 4 million each in Canada-based Solar Panda. Solar Panda designs, manufactures and distributes pay-as-you-go (PAYGo) solar home systems […]
SolarX and Schneider Electric join forces to support the development of microgrids in French-speaking Africa
15 July 2022 – In Africa, solar mini-grids are one of the preferred options for providing access to electricity. Indeed, the decentralisation of solar allows millions of people not connected to the network to benefit from clean and financially accessible electricity. […]
d.light welcomes $50M investment on its journey to impact 1 billion lives
In addition to the $238M off balance sheet facility and other financings closed in the last 6 months, this brings total capital raised for d.light in 2022 to over $300M Nairobi, Kenya, 21 July 2022 – d.light, a pioneering manufacturer and […]
South Sudan set for grid solar
12 July 2022 – Kampala-based developer and ARE Member Aptech Africa says it plans to build a 12 MWp solar plant in Juba. The capital of South Sudan is set to host a new 12 MWp grid-connected solar plant. The nation had just […]
Bboxx partners with major telecommunications operator Orange to connect 150,000 people in DRC to an innovative mini-grid model
1 July 2022 – ARE Member Bboxx, a Pan-African super platform providing access to essential products and services, and Orange, a major telecommunications operator, have partnered to launch a new connected community through an ABC model (Anchor Business Community). The […]
Access to reliable and affordable off-grid energy to be transformed across Benin under new EIB – ENGIE Energy Access initiative
21 June 2022 – Households, smallholders and entrepreneurs in remote locations across Benin will be able to access reliable and cheap electricity for the first time under a new off-grid solar scheme agreed between leading solar energy company and ARE […]
First Kenyan wins Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation for portable vaccine fridge
15 June 2022 – Norah Magero, Co-founder and CEO of ARE Member Drop Access, has won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s 2022 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation with Vaccibox, a small, mobile, solar-powered fridge that safely stores and transports medicines like vaccines, […]