Renewables Now

17:18 / 21 October 2022	Electricity Generation	Weekly renewables M&A round-up (Oct 17-21)
16:10 / 17 October 2022	Electricity Generation	Solarkiosk forms JV to roll out solar rural malls in rural east Africa
16:06 / 30 September 2022	Electricity Generation	InfraCo Africa, Equatorial Power team up on mini-grid roll-out in DRC, Rwanda
12:44 / 23 May 2022	Electricity Generation	Bloomberg Philanthropies commits USD 242m for renewables instead of coal in 10 countries
11:22 / 23 May 2022	Electricity Generation	Rwanda launches construction of 43.5-MW hydropower plant
10:57 / 09 May 2022	Banking/Financial Services	Empower, CI1 to back development of 100 MW of solar in Africa
8:14 / 09 July 2021	Electricity Generation	EDP backs sustainable solar energy projects in Africa
13:41 / 17 January 2020	Electricity Generation	Empower New Energy signs PPA for 1.9-MW HPP in Rwanda
15:14 / 03 September 2019	Electrical Components/Equipment	Engie to acquire Mobisol to boost off-grid solar ops in Africa
14:13 / 11 March 2019	Electricity Generation	BBOXX completes USD-6.7m crowdfunding for African solar
8:48 / 15 January 2019	Electricity Generation	Off-grid solar platform BBOXX gets USD-31m AIIM cash boost
9:20 / 28 November 2018	Electricity Generation	Developing nations take leading spot in global clean energy market - BNEF
14:30 / 23 November 2018	Banking/Financial Services	OPIC provides USD 6m in debt funding to Africa solar financier
17:02 / 17 October 2018	Electricity Generation	UPDATE - AfDB signs EUR-229m loan to improve energy access in Rwanda
10:56 / 02 October 2018	Banking	AfDB backs Rwanda's work to increase electricity access, reliability
8:59 / 15 January 2018	Electricity Generation	ADFD to lend USD 25m for solar projects in Mauritius, Rwanda
10:25 / 09 June 2017	Electricity Generation	Projects in Tanzania, Rwanda and Ghana win USD-7m ACF competition
16:56 / 29 December 2016	Electricity Generation	Off Grid Electric raises USD 7.5m to expand in Rwanda
13:18 / 13 December 2016	Electrical Components/Equipment	IFC, FMO pour EUR 14.6m into off-grid solar firm Mobisol
14:28 / 04 October 2016	Electricity Generation	Investec buys into Africa-focused off-grid solar firm Mobisol
13:53 / 30 August 2016	Electricity Generation	BBOXX raises USD 20m for off-grid solar expansion in Africa
15:20 / 14 June 2016	Energy Storage	Germany's Tesvolt to supply 2.68 MWh storage system in Rwanda
13:54 / 29 January 2015	Electricity Generation	Gigawatt Global completes 8.5-MW solar farm in Rwanda
9:51 / 19 January 2015	Electricity Generation	Access Infra Africa bids for 850-MW wind project in Morocco - report
9:59 / 19 May 2014	Electricity Generation	Rwanda signs contracts for 10-MW solar project - report
13:12 / 03 April 2014	Electricity Generation	BYD, Scatec Solar to build 8.6-MW solar plant in Rwanda
14:30 / 18 February 2014	Solar Power	FMO arranges financing for 8.5-MW solar park in Rwanda
11:37 / 02 December 2013	Solar Power	Gesto Energy wins USD 20m solar plant deal in Rwanda - report
12:32 / 04 September 2013	Geothermal Power	GEA sees global geothermal capacity at 12 GW in 2013
9:12 / 24 July 2013	Solar Power	Rwanda inks 8.5-MW PPA with GigaWatt Global
10:20 / 16 February 2012	Geothermal Power	Rwanda to pour USD 1bn in geothermal power development - report
16:01 / 31 October 2011	Hydropower	Rwanda puts on stream 3.2 MW of micro-hydropower capacity - report
13:40 / 07 October 2011	Solar Power	EU-funded PV power plant opens in Rwanda - report
9:45 / 09 May 2011	Electricity Generation	Kenya helps Rwanda to obtain geothermal power
13:42 / 23 March 2011	Geothermal Power	Rwanda to inject USD 935m in geothermal power