Category: Member article
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 […]
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 […]
ARE Member INENSUS launches free open source software solution to manage decentralised utilities
18 May 2020, Goslar, Germany – ARE Member INENSUS launches the Open Source version of “MicroPowerManager”, an all-in-one management software for Decentralised Electric Utilities. With the accelerating deployment of mini-grids and electricity distribution concessions in Africa and Asia, more and […]
ARE Members AFD & ADEME support 10 innovative actors to promote access to sustainable energy in Africa
27 April 2020 – ARE Member ADEME and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) today announced the results of the call for projects “Innovative solutions for off-grid sustainable energy access” (SolInAE). Launched in September 2019, with companies and civil society organisations […]
Solar Energy for Kurdistan: ARE Member atmosfair’s Visible Project Results
Since 2018 ARE Member atmosfair has supported a refugee camp with renewable electricity. A new documentary shows the project and participants in detail. Berlin, 17 April 2020 – Since 2018, the inhabitants of Mam Rashan refugee camp in northern Iraq […]
ARE Member EDPR will contribute 750,000 euros to the fight against Covid-19 in ten countries
Lisbon, 7 April 2020 – ARE Member EDPR has set up initiatives in all its markets to help local communities combat the pandemic. EDP Renováveis will contribute 750,000 euros to the fight against Covid-19. The company is financing projects at local level […]
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 […]