On November 10, the Egyptian government submitted a proposal for its contribution to the UN climate pact, in preparation for the December Paris Conference. Among the most important pledges was the government’s goal to...
Google announced that they are committing to invest in the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project in Northern Kenya, which will be their second clean energy investment in Africa, the company said in an statement. “When...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) aims to focus on financing renewable energy projects in Egypt in the coming period, according to Philip Ter Woort, Director of EBRD Egypt, reported Daily New...
Abu Dhabi-based renewables firm Masdar is currently in talks over taking part in Morocco’s forthcoming wind tender as well as other wind and solar energy investments, local daily Aujourd’hui le Maroc reports acc...
The Moroccan renewable energy sector has a new legal framework that finally will allow producers to sell surplus electricity to establishments connected to the high voltage or very high voltage grid of ONEE, the state...
15 firms operating in alternative energy in Egypt have acquired land plots to implement 15 renewable energy projects with total capacities of 720MW, reported Almal. An official at NREA said that the projects carried ...
The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) and the New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) have announced three new tenders for renewable energy totaling 500MW, reported PV Tech. The tenders are for both s...
The ministry of electricity and renewable energy has completed allocating 92 sq. km for alternative energy projects that will be carried out under unified tariff regime, according to an official at the ministry of ele...
Al-Jeel Al-Hader Co., a Saudi Arabian firm, has struck a $350m deal with Egypt to build power plants to generate electricity using alternative energy sources, reported Al Mal. Mohamed Abdel Raheem, Vice Chairman of Al...
The wind blows hard over Adama, a range of rocky hills in Ethiopia’s highlands that provide the perfect location for one of the continent’s largest wind farms. “In February, during the dry season, i...