Category: Member article
Okra Solar Mesh-grids Gets Approval by REA for Output-based Funding Subsidy
4 March 2022 – Rural Electrification Agency of Nigeria (REA) has approved Okra Solar’s proprietary Mesh-grid technology for Output based funding subsidy under its $550m intervention program (NEP) launched in collaboration with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank (WB) to provide subsidies […]
Energy Access Ventures rebrands to E3 Capital, announces the launch of its follow-on fund E3 Low Carbon Economy Fund I
Nairobi, 23 February 2022 Energy Access Ventures rebrands to E3 Capital, in line with its expanding focus on technologies enabled by low carbon energy. E3 Capital announces the launch of E3 Low Carbon Economy Fund I to back innovative business […]
Renewvia Connects 2,000 Niger Delta Households to Mini-grid Solar Power
22 Feb 2022 – Renewvia Solar Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of Renewvia Energy Corporation, has successfully connected about 2,000 new households and over 6,000 residents in five Niger Delta communities to solar hybrid mini-grid power electricity. With the new installations, […]
ACCIONA Begins ‘Lights at Home El Nido’ Project In Philippines
18 February 2022 – ARE Member acciona.org, the ACCIONA group’s corporate foundation, begins its work in the Philippines with the “Lights at Home El Nido” project, which consists of the installation of residential photovoltaic systems in 100 homes in the […]
SunFunder expands into Southeast Asia with SunSource Energy deal
The investment is SunFunder’s first transaction in Southeast Asia and will support SunSource Energy’s growth across the region towards developing and operating solar projects for commercial and industrial clients. 16 February 2022 – SunFunder is supporting SunSource Energy, a leading provider […]
Off-Grid Europe part of business delegation to deepen energy access cooperation in Senegal
Christiane Kragh accompanies Federal President Steinmeier on his official visit to Senegal 15 February 2022 – Christiane Kragh, founder and CEO of Off-Grid Europe GmbH will take part in the official visit of German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to the Republic […]
WaterKiosk Opens Largest Solar-powered Desalination Plant in Zanzibar
15 February 2022 – The young Nairobi-based company WaterKiosk Limited commissioned Zanzibar’s largest solar-powered water desalination plant on February 12, 2022. The water kiosk will supply Zanzibar’s largest hospital, Mnazi Moja Hospital in Stone Town, with 100,000 litres of clean drinking water […]
Solartia to Develop Hybrid Mini-grids in Honduras
14 January 2022 – With the aim of increasing the current energy access rate in Honduras (80%), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), as a facilitator for sustainable socio-economic and environmental development in Latin America and the Caribbean, made available to the Government […]
CBE to connect an 8 MWp solar power plant to the Tôlagnaro mine in Madagascar
11 January 2022 – Energy provider and ARE Member CrossBoundary Energy (CBE) will build an 8 MWp solar photovoltaic power plant at the Tôlagnaro ilmenite mine operated by QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM), the Anglo-Australian subsidiary of Rio Tinto, starting in […]
ENGIE Equatorial inaugurates game-changing Lolwe Mini-Grid in Uganda
Fully integrated clean energy multi-utility, from electricity to rural service delivery Aligned with a sustainable, green and blue economy Business model centered around productive use of energy Life-changing impact for the local population Most advanced mini-grid in Africa sets a […]