Solar Energy
Ghana close to powering airports with solar energy – Aviation Minister
The major airports in Ghana are soon expected to be fully solar powered, given that the process to roll-out this initiative is in its advanced stage. The initiative is expected to reduce the cost of power at the beneficiary airports by about 30 percent. This was made...
Government commended for adopting solar energy
Ezekiel Chibeze, the Coordinator of 350 - Ghana Reducing Our Carbon (G-ROC), a non-governmental organisation has urged government to provide more incentives and enabling environment for the upscaling of the use of renewable energy in the country. He said the...
Kenya: Thousands of Kenyans to Benefit From Solar Project
Some 250,000 households in 14 counties are set to benefit from a solar electrification programme. This is after the government partnered with the World Bank to fund the Sh15 billion project. In the announcement made by President Uhuru Kenyatta during the opening of...
Ghana: Miniplast Signs 20-Year Solar Power Contract With Stella, Emnew
Miniplast Ghana Limited, a plastic manufacturing and recycling company, has signed a 20-year solar power contract with STELLA Futura Ghana and EmNEW to buy electricity from a 704 kWp grid-tied solar photovoltaic plant. It would be installed on their factory roofs at...
Zimbabwe: Bulawayo City Council to Turn Graveyards Into Solar Farms
The Bulawayo City Council is considering turning its cemeteries into solar farms and create renewable energy in the city. Town Clerk, Christopher Dube said Bulawayo has since engaged the Infrastructure Development Bank (IDB) to carry out feasibility studies on the...
Akufo-Addo cuts sod for 17mw solar plant in Kaleo, Lawra
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, February 4, 2020, cut the sod for the construction of two solar power plants in Kaleo and Lawra, all in the Upper West Region, under the 17-megawatt peak solar power project. According to President Akufo-Addo, this...
Uganda: First Solar Hydro Hybrid Plant Paused
Uganda will have to wait a while longer before it can see its first solar hydro hybrid power plant. This follows a halt on plans to establish solar on the 6.6 megawatt Nyagak III dam in West Nile. According to Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited, government...
Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company signs rights for solar portfolio
Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company has announced that, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, it has signed the rights to a 110 MW portfolio of solar projects located in Greene and Albany counties, New York, US, from Hecate Energy. Construction and equipment procurement...
Tino Solutions, partners donates 2 solar systems to UENR
Tino Solutions Limited together with its global partners Victron Energy, Fronius International and Jinko Solar have donated two solar systems to the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) in Sunyani. The Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) solar...
Appolonia City launches solar strategy with Axcon Energy solar farm
Axcon Energy Limited will supply solar power to residents of Appolonia City, as part of the new city’s renewable energy strategy for homeowners and businesses. As part of its agreement with Appolonia City, Axcon Energy will design, build, commission, operate and...
