Mauritania and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have signed financing agreements for two energy sector projects in Mauritania worth $289.5 million.
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has forecast in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook that solar and wind will lead US power generation growth for the next two years.
According to a report from the IEA, 50 per cent more renewable capacity was added globally in 2023 than in 2022, and it predicts that the next 5 years will see the fastest growth in this sector ever, giving it the opportunity to achieve the goal of tripling global capacity by 2030 set at COP28.
Premier Energies, the Indian solar cell and module maker, has won an order from India’s state-run power producer NTPC to supply hardware for a 608 MW solar PV project.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has ordered construction of the largest renewable energy power plant in the West Asia region.
Sungrow Power and EDF Renewables have signed an agreement to provide 264 MWh liquid-cooled energy storage systems and MV transformers for the Umoyilanga project in South Africa. The project is South Africa’s first wind-solar-storage integrated virtual power plant (VPP).
Indonesia’s state-run electricity company PT PLN has announced February 2024 will be the start of operations for the solar power plant currently being built in the new capital city Nusantara under development in the province of East Kalimantan.
Trina Storage has announced that it has delivered a fully integrated 50 MWh energy storage system for a hybrid fishery-solar storage project in Tianmen, Hubei province, China.
Orix Corporation, the Japanese financial services group, has signed a PPA to supply 23.4 MW of solar systems for two Japanese airports.
Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo has inaugurated a 192 MW floating solar power plant on a reservoir in West Java province as part of a drive to increase renewable energy sources and switch away from coal.