West Africa
Guinea-Bissau: Energy key to AfDB’s strategy for addressing country’s development challenges (AfDB)
- The new strategy will promote economic diversification, structural transformation and lay the foundation for inclusive, resilient and sustainable growth by targeting the energy, transport and financial services sectors.
Nigeria: Renewables integral to saving businesses millions (ESI Africa)
- The Renewable Energy Association of Nigeria (REAN) has put the total cost of unreliable electricity in the country at over USD25 billion.
Nigeria: 5MW solar PPA signed for Abuja university campus (ESI Africa)
- Developer Rensource has entered into the PPA with Baze University to design and finance the plant, which will be hybridised with the university’s existing diesel generation.
Sierra Leone: CrossBoundary Energy commissions commercial solar and battery system (Next Billion)
- The first-of-its-kind facility in the country consists of 236kWp PV plant and 389kWh battery storage and is providing clean energy for a plantation factory in Tonkolili.
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