Renewables Now

14:34 / 13 February 2023	Electricity Generation	President Buhari inaugurates Nigeria's largest solar PV plant
14:58 / 23 December 2022	Electricity Generation	Weekly renewables M&A round-up (Dec 19-23)
9:10 / 20 December 2022	Electrical Components/Equipment	Shell wraps up deal for Nigerian solar firm Daystar Power
13:34 / 01 December 2022	Electrical Components/Equipment	Solar investor Empower raises USD 74m to proceed with new projects in Africa
15:58 / 30 September 2022	Electricity Generation	Weekly renewables M&A round-up (Sept 26-30)
9:29 / 29 September 2022	Electrical Components/Equipment	Shell inks deal to buy Nigerian solar firm Daystar Power
14:29 / 31 May 2022	Banking	Nigeria's Sterling Bank launches platform to facilitate solar power access
13:31 / 26 May 2022	Beverages	Nigerian Breweries procures renewable energy for 2 breweries
10:57 / 09 May 2022	Banking/Financial Services	Empower, CI1 to back development of 100 MW of solar in Africa
12:44 / 04 October 2021	Banking/Financial Services	Norfund investing EUR 10m in pan-African PAYG solar solutions firm Baobab+
14:43 / 21 September 2021	Banking/Financial Services	Clean energy financing platform Nithio raises USD 23m to scale lending ops
10:25 / 09 July 2021	Electricity Generation	Daystar Power obtains USD 20m in IFC loans for Nigerian investments
8:14 / 09 July 2021	Electricity Generation	EDP backs sustainable solar energy projects in Africa
12:22 / 24 June 2021	Electricity Generation	RP Global, Oolu create C&I solar JV in West Africa with Nigerian debut
11:39 / 21 May 2021	Beverages	Nigerian Breweries aims for 70% renewables use by 2030
16:53 / 15 January 2021	Electricity Generation	Weekly renewables M&A round-up (Jan 11-15)
16:40 / 12 January 2021	Electrical Components/Equipment	Off-grid solar co Daystar Power raises USD 38m to grow in West Africa
15:20 / 15 September 2020	Electrical Components/Equipment	Lumos obtains USD 35m in financing for solar expansion in Nigeria
14:53 / 18 May 2020	Electricity Generation	Nigeria invites EOIs for 10-MWp solar project
14:26 / 20 March 2020	Electricity Generation	Nigeria to add 68 MW of solar in AfDB-backed electrification project
10:02 / 19 March 2020	Electricity Generation	Renewvia, DPI to co-develop solar microgrids in sub-Saharan Africa
8:01 / 24 December 2019	Electricity Generation	EDP invests USD 3m to back Rensource's expansion in Nigeria
13:49 / 11 December 2019	Electricity Generation	Solar-plus-storage mini-grid comes online in Nigerian rural community
13:28 / 05 August 2019	Beverages	Diageo commits GBP 180m for renewables, water recovery at African breweries
10:53 / 01 July 2019	Electricity Generation	Weekly renewables M&A round-up (June 24-30)
11:36 / 24 June 2019	Electricity Generation	Nigerian distributed solar firm Arnergy secures USD 9m in financing
14:41 / 31 May 2019	Electricity Generation	Nigeria plans issuing NGN-15bn green bond
13:12 / 10 April 2019	Electricity Generation	UK’s PAS Solar set up with USD-10m loan to bring home solar to Nigeria
8:14 / 22 January 2019	Banking/Financial Services	UKCI, Investec to channel USD 72.3m into African renewables
11:58 / 16 October 2018	Electricity Generation	Alten seeks EPC, O&M contractors for 100 MW of PV in Nigeria
9:58 / 12 September 2018	Electricity Generation	INTERVIEW - African Power Platform launches to connect players in exciting market
15:45 / 05 September 2018	Biomass & Biofuels	Chinese consortia to participate in Nigerian biofuel projects
13:23 / 22 August 2018	Electricity Generation	Daystar Power, Nigerian Bank of Agriculture enter solar partnership
16:07 / 10 August 2018	Electricity Generation	OVERVIEW - Africa's mini grid sector preparing to take off
10:08 / 25 July 2018	Electricity Generation	Nigeria plans NGN-208bn green bond issue - report
15:12 / 13 April 2018	Electricity Generation	Renewable mini-grid trade group launches in Africa
16:27 / 05 March 2018	Electricity Generation	Central Bank of Nigeria ponder USD-4.3m renewables investment - report
15:04 / 28 February 2018	Biomass & Biofuels	Nigeria's NNPC plans bioenergy complex in Kogi state
8:48 / 12 February 2018	Electricity Generation	Inspired Evolution invests in solar developer Alten Africa
8:38 / 05 January 2018	Electricity Generation	Nigeria’s NGN-10.69bn green bond slightly oversubscribed