Sterling and Wilson Renewable Energy has secured a Rs 1,313 crore EPC contract for a 240 MW solar project in South Africa, marking its fourth ongoing PV project in the region ...

Trina Solar Co.'s partnership with China Energy International Group and China Gezhouba Group will help accelerate the Mooi Plaats solar PV project. Photo Courtesy Trina Solar Co. May 15, 2024 Chinese ...

Norway’s Scatec has reached commercial operations of a 273 MW solar project in South Africa, the first to be completed from the country’s fifth bid window of its renewable energy procurement programme ...

South Africa’s cumulative solar capacity surpassed 9.4 GW by mid-2025, according to figures from the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA). The country also has a solar project ...

JA Solar is now producing its high-efficiency DeepBlue 4.0 Pro modules locally in South Africa, the first batch of local modules exclusively supplied to the 216MW Hydra solar project, developed by ...

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Is Africa’s solar boom running out of steam? Only 10 countries account for 97% of the continent’s solar installations. The Global Solar Council (GSC) report published this month puts installed ...

Uzziah Mutumbi receives funding from the National Research Foundation (Grant No PMDS22051611004) and the Rhodes University African Studies Centre, a Cluster Centre of the Africa Multiple Cluster of ...

An abundance of sunlight, economies craving reliable power supplies, and a technology becoming massively cheap: Solar energy is widely recognized as an excellent solution for Africa. According to 2024 ...

Independent power producer SolarAfrica Energy has begun construction on its first utility-scale solar power installation, located in South Africa's Northern Cape—which will total 1 GW when complete ...

Ford has installed what it claims are the largest solar canopy carparks in Africa (Silverton Assembly Plant) and Thailand (Ford Thailand Manufacturing). Ford says it is committed to building a more ...

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