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Second Kenyan site reaches financial close

Just like London buses, after waiting ages for one, two come along. Private investment firm Actis ha...

A 'legacy for future generations' begins construction

Developer Lekela has broken ground on Senegal's first utility-scale wind farm, the 158.7MW Taiba N'D...

Tunisia pre-qualifies twelve for 300MW offering

TUNISIA: Twelve companies and consortiums have been pre-qualified for two development zones totallin...

Vestas wins EPC order in Jordan

JORDAN: Vestas has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) deal from South K...

Few markets to push West African wind by 2030

WEST AFRICA: A small number of countries will drive wind capacity growth in West Africa to 1.6GW by ...

Morocco's King signals renewables expansion

MOROCCO: The country's renewable energy target should be revised upward, beyond the present goal of ...

Turkey launches 1GW onshore tender

TURKEY: The energy minister has called a tender for 1GW in new onshore wind capacity next March, but...

Updated: Vestas to supply Enel in South Africa

SOUTH AFRICA: Vestas will provide Enel Green Power with 111 turbines at three projects with a combin...

First power at Lake Turkana

KENYA: The long-delayed Lake Turkana wind farm has finally delivered first power to the grid, its de...

Nordex to supply 252MW in South Africa

SOUTH AFRICA: Nordex will install 80 turbines at two projects awarded capacity in round four of the ...

EBRD funds four new Turkish wind farms

TURKEY: The renewables arm of Turkish conglomerate Akfen Holding has received funding for four wind ...

Vestas confirms Senegalese project build

SENEGAL: Vestas will enter the Senegalese market by building and supplying its V126-3.45 turbines to...

Iran's largest wind farm commissioned

IRAN: The 61.2MW Sihapoush wind farm, the country's largest project, has been fully commissioned, de...

South Africa plans to allocate 8.1GW by 2030

SOUTH AFRICA: An extra 8.1GW of new wind power capacity could be allocated by the end of 2030, under...

Ground broken at Oman's first wind farm

OMAN: Construction is under way at the 50MW Harweel project in the southern Dhofar governate, which ...

Blockchain facility to be powered by wind

MOROCCO: Soluna, a subsidiary of American private equity firm Brookstone Partners, is developing up ...

Enel green-lights 700MW South Africa sites

SOUTH AFRICA: Enel Green Power has arranged €950 million in financing for five new wind projects in ...

Lekela completes Senegal financing

SENEGAL: Danish manufacturer Vestas will build and supply turbines to Lekela's 158.7MW Taiba N'Diaye...

Africa due for 30GW growth by 2027

AFRICA: Growing electricity demand, decreasing costs, and increasingly reliable project execution co...

Long-delayed South African wind farms reach financial close

SOUTH AFRICA: Developer BioTherm Energy has reached financial close on two wind farms it secured in ...