Zambia’s state-owned power utility Zesco has signed an agreement with the United Arab Emirates’ renewable energy company Masdar to develop solar projects worth $2 billion, the southern African country’s President Hakainde Hichilema said on Tuesday. The two companies will form a joint venture to facilitate investment in Zambia’s renewable energy, he said in a statement. […]
Africa is open to solar
African markets are in some respects skipping over the fossil fuel age altogether. Till very recently, the first thing that hit you when landing in Nigeria was the sharp hit of diesel fumes in the air. The reason for this was because more than 30% of the country relied on diesel generators to fill the […]
ZAMBIA: Univergy will invest $200 million to produce 200 MWp from solar energy
The Japanese company Univergy Solar will invest 200 million dollars in Zambia to carry out two solar photovoltaic projects. They will allow 200 MWp to be fed into the national grid in 2020. A new independent power producer (IPP) is interested in Zambia. It is the Japanese Univergy Solar, with an extensive programme of projects […]
USTDA Supports Energy Generation in Zambia, Creates New Opportunities for U.S. Business
LUSAKA : The U.S. Trade and Development Agency today awarded a grant to Upepo Energy Zambia Limited, a Zambian energy solutions company, to fund a feasibility study for a 150 MW wind, solar and energy storage hybrid power plant project in northern Zambia. The study will evaluate the optimal mix of on-site wind, solar and […]
Upepo Energy Zambia gets support from USTDA for wind, solar, energy powerplant
The United States Trade and Development Agency has awarded a grant to a renowned Zambian energy solution firm named Upepo Energy Zambia Ltd. The objective is to finance a feasibility study for a 150 megawatt wind, solar and energy storage hybrid powerplant project in northern Zambia. The study is said to be evaluating the optimal […]
Zambia connects another 34 MW from Ngonye solar PV to overall grid
A subsidiary of Italian power giant Enel named Enel Green Power has commenced operations of its solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Zambia. The commencement occurred after the French renewable-energy company Neoen and the US thin-film specialist First Solar declared the completion of the World Bank-backed Scaling Solar projects. The project is said to have the […]