In a recent Q&A with Recharge News, Chris Ahlfeldt provided his thoughts on the future of South Africa’s utility-scale renewable energy sector now that the PPAs from Rounds 3.5 and…
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Pay-As-You-Save model offers inclusive financing for efficiency upgrades to all municipality customers including tenants The City of Cape Town is facing a severe water crisis with dams at record low…
South Africa’s renewable energy Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) delays and price renegotiations, damage credibility for future government procurement. This is according to energy specialist, Chris Ahlfeldt, who believes that the…
While the South African government’s new deadline for the 2.3 GW of delayed renewable energy PPAs raised hopes for some, the conditions placed on the projects raises concerns for IPPs…
The World Bank Group (WBG) deployed its Scaling Solar program in four African countries to date with 12 new countries in Africa and Asia to be announced soon. GTM Research and Blue…
Saudi Arabia is in the early stages of its utility-scale renewable energy procurement with an ambitious goal of 9.5 GW of new renewable power by 2023. In preparation, the Saudi…
While investors and development agencies have shown a lot of interest in off-grid electrification projects lately, the practical limits of traditional project finance require innovative approaches to support these projects….
By: Ndama Nakashole (The Namibian) NAMIBIA must address the problem of inadequate access to electricity (especially in rural areas), the challenge of extending affordable energy services to underserved populations and the need…
Both feed-in-tariffs and competitive auctions are playing an important role in procuring on-grid renewable energy for Sub-Saharan African countries. Innovative energy solutions are needed to help address Africa’s infrastructure shortfall,…
Written by Tracey Melass from African Decisions; Image Source: Gallo/GettyImages From cellphone-charging booths to irrigation systems and shopping-centre rooftops, Africa’s solar revolution is gathering pace. Five-year-old orphan Naisanga Esther is the…