Category: Member article
Triple Jump B.V., Persistent, and GreenMax Capital Advisors awarded management of the newly launched Clean Energy and Energy Inclusion for Africa Foundation
14 December 2021 – Triple Jump B.V., Persistent and GreenMax Capital Advisors are the awarded consortium to provide management services to the Clean Energy and Energy Inclusion for Africa Foundation. The mandate from KfW aims to support new ways to decentralise […]
Pioneering Djermaya Solar project attracts new lenders to Chad
3 December 2021, Paris, France – ARE Member InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) is pleased to announce the participation of its sister PIDG company, the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) alongside the African Development Bank (AfDB), and Proparco as senior lenders to the 34 MW […]
CBE to supply 2.5 MWp of solar power to Molo mine in Madagascar
Canadian mining company NextSource Materials has signed a contract with ARE Member CrossBoundary Energy‘s (CBE) Madagascar subsidiary to build a hybrid solar power plant. The 2.5 MW facility will power its graphite mine operations in Molo as of April 2022. […]
Malawi’s President inaugurates 60 MW Salima Solar plant
Salima Solar plant, Salima District, Malawi, 17 Nov 2021 – His Excellency Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of the Republic of Malawi, has presided over an inauguration ceremony to mark the addition of 60MWac of additional clean energy to Malawi’s national grid. […]
ARE Member Azelio Signs Order for 8 Units of its Renewable Energy Storage in South Africa
17 November 2021 – Azelio wins an order for 8 units with 1.3 MWh clean electricity supply of its long duration energy storage, TES.POD®, from South African-based farming company Wee Bee Ltd. The order has a value of approximately 1.2 […]
ARE member acciona.org Foundation Built its First Solar Photovoltaic Station in Peruvian Amazonia
28 October 2021 – acciona.org Foundation works by the Napo, Ucayali and Amazonas river basins, in the Peruvian region of Loreto since 2016. It provides 1,500 households with the Luz en Casa Amazonia’s electricity service through solar home systems in 51 localities, […]
ARE Member Okra Solar & SAO Group Partner to Power 10,000 Households
07 November 2021 – Australian technology company using advanced digital monitoring, billing and mesh-grids to make electrification more affordable to underserved communities in Africa and Asia, Okra Solar, recently signed an MoU with SAO Group, one of Africa’s leading social […]
ARE Member InfraCo Africa and Helios Establish CLEAR – a New Climate-focused Investment Vehicle for Africa
Glasgow, United Kingdom, 4 November 2021 – InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) and Helios Investment Partners (Helios) are working together to establish a pan-African investment vehicle: Climate, Energy Access and Resilience (CLEAR). CLEAR will fund climate-aligned […]
Multinational effort brings first solar field to Burundi
7.5 MW utility-scale power plant increases East African country’s generation capacity by more than 10% on the eve of COP26 Gitega, Burundi – 25 October 2021: A multinational effort to bring solar power to Burundi has been realised with the commercial […]
Rural communities reaping health and socio-economic benefits of REPP-supported solar mini-grid project in Sierra Leone
USD 1.25m loan from REPP also marks UK-government funded programme’s first investment in a majority women-led company London, 21 October 2021 – A ground-breaking solar mini-grid project is delivering far-reaching health and socio-economic benefits in rural Sierra Leone following a USD […]