France’s Proparco Invests $10 Million in Sun King’s Solar Kit Business in Africa Updated On Thu, Dec 8th, 2022 by Saurenergy Proparco, a division of the French Development Agency (AFD) group, invested in a $10 million green bond that will be lent to Sun King, an African solar kit retailer. The Swiss impact investor Symbiotics Group, through its MSMR Bonds platform, issuing the green bond. A total of 309 bonds worth $2.67 billion have already been […] Read more
Canadian Solar Bags 256 MW Contracts For South Africa Largest Solar PPAs Updated On Tue, Dec 6th, 2022 by Saurenergy Canadian Solar Inc. has announced that its majority-owned subsidiary CSI Solar Co., Ltd. (“CSI Solar”) signed a 256 MW solar module contract with SOLA Group, a Cape Town-based independent power producer. The 256 MWs will supply the first two largest utility-scale solar power projects in South Africa, which are based on private power purchase agreements (PPAs). […] Read more
International Solar Alliance launches Solar X Grand Challenge in Africa Updated On Mon, Nov 14th, 2022 by Saurenergy Read more
International Solar Alliance launches Solar X Grand Challenge in Africa Updated On Mon, Nov 14th, 2022 by Saurenergy The International Solar Alliance has launched the SolarX Grand Challenge to spur African entrepreneurship and innovation at UNFCCC’s 27th Conference of Parties (COP27). SolarX Grand Challenge aims to catalyse and accelerate solar adoption by motivating innovators and researchers to add value and much-needed innovation and disruption in the solar sector. Under SolarX competition, 20 start-ups and innovators from […] Read more
Bank Of America, Crossboundary Partner for RE Expansion Across Africa Updated On Thu, Nov 10th, 2022 by Saurenergy Renewable energy players, governments and financial institutions are leaving no stone unturned to expand the deployment of RE through pacts and agreements on the sidelines of COP-27. African renewable energy conglomerate CrossBoundary Energy has announced in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt at the COP27 about their intention to explore financing solutions with Bank of America to rapidly […] Read more
Talesun Solar, Artsolar Set Off Operation of 325 MW Solar Facility in South Africa Updated On Mon, Nov 7th, 2022 by Saurenergy Germany manufacturer of photovoltaic modules Talesun Solar has announced that it has put the 325MW solar power PV module facility into operation in South Africa. The solar power project has been jointly built by Talesun Solar and ARTsolar. ARTsolar claims to be South Africa’s only locally-owned solar panel manufacturer that specialises in the manufacture of […] Read more
Mainstream Inks Deal to Develop RE Plants in South Africa Updated On Mon, Oct 17th, 2022 by Saurenergy Global green energy player Mainstream Renewable Power has signed a lease agreement with South Africa’s national electricity company – Eskom – for a 1,650-hectare site where it plans to build and operate renewable energy plants. The quantum of the renewable energy project has not yet been disclosed by the company. The official statement of Mainstream […] Read more
Energy Consultancy ABL Group to Assess 2 GW RE in South Africa Updated On Tue, Sep 27th, 2022 by Saurenergy ABL Group- an energy and marine consultancy – has said that it been contracted by various developers to provide energy yield assessment for more than 2 GW of potential solar and wind power plants in South Africa. ABL said that about 1.5 GW of the energy yield assessment work is related to nine potential solar […] Read more
South Africa Gets New Generation Of String Inverters by Sineng and PNS Updated On Sat, Sep 17th, 2022 by Saurenergy Sineng, a high-tech company with headquarters in Bengaluru, recently unveiled a new generation of three-phase string inverters with a focus on the South African market’s commercial and industrial sectors. The launched string inverters have rated capabilities of 50kW, 120kW, 250kW, and 275kW. Sineng hopes that its cutting edge technology , as well as after-sales support […] Read more
