AREA News Digest, 12 November 2015




AREA News Digest, 12 November 2015




Dear AREA member,

This week’s news digest is compiled by Photis Loizou, AREA member, and broadcast by Anthony Ighodaro, Chair, AREA Steering Committee.

Newsletter 12 November 2015


In a giant leap for Nigeria’s power sector, the country’s government has enacted landmark regulation to mandate electricity distribution companies to acquire a minimum percentage of electricity from renewable energy sources.
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission recently ...

November 11 - Dubai-based Access Infra Africa on Tuesday said it signed a joint development agreement for a 50-MW solar power plant in Nigeria.
The company will partner with Nigeria-based Quaint Global Energy Solutions, an affiliate of Quaint energy USA, over the development of the ABIBA on-grid solar utility plant to be situated on 150 hectares of the Manchok Ranch in Manchok,...

Posted by: Ashley Theron
November 10, 2015
The Loeriesfontein Wind Farm foundations have been designed utilising an 89%...

By  Adva Saldinger
For years solar seemed like a potential solution for millions without access to electricity in Africa, but high costs and slow technology left it largely out of reach.
In the past few years, however, that has changed. With increased investment, cheaper products and innovative business models, solar is not only on the rise, but could transform the way the continent is powered.
It will be...

          PUBLISHED BY -:ANJAN KUMAR SAMAL              
ACTIVE MEMBER-AFRICAN RENEWABLE ENERGY ALLIANCE

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