Category: Member article

ARE Member Phaesun Offers Drinking Water for the Maasai in the Steppe of Tanzania

ARE Member and solar company Phaesun installed a solar-powered system for water desalination and purification in the Tanzanian Maasai village Ndedo Memmingen, 25 March 2020 – Together with nine other European project partners, Phaesun is developing innovative desalination systems based on […]


ARE Member SunFunder makes first investment in Nigeria with Daystar Power

7 February 2020 – ARE Member SunFunder, a solar finance company providing debt capital to solar enterprises in emerging markets, today announced its first disbursement in Nigeria, part of a facility of up to $4m with commercial and industrial (C&I) […]


ARE Member Victron Energy launches PAYGo solutions for homes & businesses

ARE Member Victron Energy is a world leader in the development and manufacture of components for battery-based energy systems. In the off-grid solar market the Dutch company – founded in 1975 – is renowned for its reliable products (inverters, inverter-chargers, […]


“Schneider Electric Energy Access Asia” launched to increase energy access in Asia

Rueil-Malmaison (France), 20 Dec 2019 –  ARE Member Schneider Electric, together with Norfund, EDFI ElectriFI and Amundi, announced today that the new impact fund named “Schneider Electric Energy Access Asia” has been launched. The fund is targeting the 350 million people in […]


ARE Member EDP invests 3 million in Rensource to support its expansion in Nigeria

ARE Member EDP Renováveis will invest $3 million in Rensource, a company that develops and manages decentralised solar energy systems, to support its expansion in Nigeria. With this investment, EDP reinforces the group’s strategy for universal access to sustainable energy, which has […]