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Financial close for 89MW Al Fujeij

JORDAN: South Korea's KEPCO has reached financial close on its long-delayed 89.1MW Al Fujeij project...

Jordan issues new 100MW tender

JORDAN: The ministry of energy has called for expressions of interest to build, own and operate two ...

Gamesa awarded 86MW Al Rajef project

JORDAN: Spanish companies Gamesa and Elecnor have been handed an EPC contract by Jordan's Green Watt...

Iran eyes renewables expansion

IRAN: In July 2015, when the nuclear deal was agreed with Iran and trade sanctions were lifted, ther...

Hybrid and storage could be a 'blueprint' for emerging markets

AUSTRALIA: A hybrid wind, solar and storage plant could be a blueprint for clean, reliable power in ...

Egypt announces 200MW tender

EGYPT: The government has secured funding for a wind power facility of at least 200MW in the Gulf of...

Siemens under fire in Western Sahara projects

MOROCCO: German manufacturer Siemens Wind Power and Italian developer Enel Green Power are under fir...

Investors anxious over revised Egyptian tariffs

EGYPT: Developers and investors are considering their response to the government's revised feed-in-t...

Iran project signs 270MW power deal

IRAN: Meci Group International, a Swiss non-profit advisory and management consultancy, has signed a...

Lekela secures further $250 million funding

SENEGAL: Lekela Power has agreed a financing package from the US government's Overseas Private Inves...

Iberdrola wins Canary Island approval

SPAIN: Spanish utility-developer Iberdrola is expected to invest €40 million in two new wind project...

First-round FIT projects in Egypt at risk

EGYPT: Concern is growing among developers and investors over how Egypt is handling its first feed-i...

MENA to grow 21% a year says Make

MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA: Between 2016 and 2025, wind capacity in the Middle East and Africa region is e...

Pan-African joint venture set up

AFRICA: A new pan-African power development joint venture has been created between Nigeria's semi-pu...

Lekela buys Senegal project rights, secures $117.5m funding

AFRICA: Lekela Power has acquired the development rights to a 158MW wind project in Senegal, and has...

Saudi Arabia launches 9.5GW initiative

SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Arabia is targeting 9.5GW of wind and solar energy under its "Vision 2030" polic...

Vestas in talks for 2.2GW Egyptian deal

EGYPT: Vestas has confirmed it is in discussions with the Egyptian government over a possible supply...

Morocco confirms 850MW tender results

MOROCCO: A consortium of Enel Green Power (EGP), Nareva and Siemens has been officially named as pre...

Siemens to open Moroccan blade plant

MOROCCO: Siemens will open an onshore wind turbine rotor blade facility in 2017, in the northern Mor...

SAWEA wary of development zones

SOUTH AFRICA: A renewables zoning map, approved by the South African cabinet "will not streamline th...