The eThekwini municipality, which includes the city of Durban, has become the first in South Africa to seek proposals for private power generation.
The Botswana energy regulator has issued Shumba Energy with a generation licence for a 100 MW solar power project.
Nonghyup Financial Group of South Korea will invest $22 million in a solar power plant in Japan as part of its sustainable green growth initiative.
AMEA Power, a subsidiary of UAE-based Al Nowais Investments, has announced the official commissioning of its 50 MW solar PV plant in Blitta, Togo.
Statkraft, in cooperation with Norwegian supplier Ocean Sun, has started commercial operations at the first unit of its floating solar power project in Albania.
Horizon Power has begun construction on a hydrogen project in Denham, Western Australia. This will be Australia’s first renewable hydrogen energy plant within a remote microgrid.
The Iraq Government has announced that it is seeking international investors to build seven solar power plants in the south of the country.
The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) plans to start operating a 45 MW floating solar farm in Ubon Ratchathani in June this year.
Vietnam plans to reduce its renewable energy output by 1.3 TWh in 2021, with transmission capacity unable to handle the supply.
Over half Britain’s daily electricity came from wind power on 28 December for the first time on record.