Category: Member article
Fronius again earns top rankings
22 February 2023 – ARE Member Fronius has again achieved top rankings in the annual Energy Storage Inspection by the Berlin University of Applied Sciences (HTW), due to the company’s high system efficiency. The Fronius Primo GEN24 6.0 Plus earned top […]
SINOSOAR is to build 9.52 MW microgrid project in Niger
13 February 2023 – At the beginning of the Chinese Spring Festival 2023, ARE Member SINOSOAR once again brings good news– Their Niger Branch Company has just signed a contract of 9.52MW Solar microgrid in Dosso and Tahoua Provinces of Niger. This project […]
ARE Member LydetCo goes off-grid
28 January 2023 – On the Ethiopian capital’s outskirts, at about 400 meters from the Ayat roundabout, sits a sparkling white building with the logo LydetCo plastered all over it. A casual glance at the six-storey building reveals little to leave […]
Renewvia launches joint venture with Okapi Green Energy Ltd. to deliver clean and affordable energy to Kenya’s refugees
25 January 2023 – ARE Member Renewvia, a leading global solar energy microgrid developer, has partnered with Okapi Green Energy (Okapi) Ltd to launch a Joint Venture, OkRene Energy, to deliver clean and affordable electricity through a financially sustainable model to […]
Kenyan internet service provider, Mawingu, raises US$9m to expand operations across Kenya
Nanyuki, Kenya, 1 Feb 2023 – Mawingu, a Kenyan based Internet service provider operational in 15 counties, successfully closed their Series B investment bringing onboard new investor and ARE Member InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG). InfraCo Africa’s […]
Piloting a new financing model to scale energy access in Sierra Leone
Freetown, Sierra Leone, 18 January 2023 – Following the successful commissioning of their Sierra Leone Mini grid project which has connected over 13,000 homes and businesses to clean energy, ARE Members InfraCo Africa and PowerGen Renewable Energy (PowerGen) have announced that they are collaborating to […]
SunCulture begins selling carbon credits
22 December 2022 – This quarter, ARE Member SunCulture Kenya has begun to sell its first carbon credits. Additionally, they have raised funding via a Result Based Financing (RBF) grant, which aims to mimic a high price of the carbon offsets. SunCulture […]
Gridworks invests USD 50m in Virunga Power
29 December 2022 – Gridworks Development Partners, a British International Investment (BII) company, has announced a $50 million investment in ARE Member Virunga Power. The company based in Quatre-Bornes in Mauritius invests in electrification via run-of-river power plants. The subsidiary of […]
EDFI ElectriFI lends USD 4.5m to Okra Solar to deploy distributed solar networks for last-mile communities in Nigeria
22 December 2022 – The EU approved a USD 4.5 million working capital facility under the ElectriFI Country Window for Nigeria to provide access to electricity through the mesh-grid technology to mini-grids developers, targeting some 76 000 beneficiaries by the end […]
Designing mini-grid systems around productive uses of energy to spur rural development in Senegal
7 December 2022 – ARE Member Energy 4 Impact has embarked upon a 11-month project in eastern Senegal to demonstrate that designing off-grid renewable energy systems such as green mini-grids around productive uses of energy can be an effective approach […]