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THE PV Generator solar power project aimed at addressing electricity supply in rural areas has been a success as 840 households in Kongwa, Uyui and Mlele have benefitted. Project Coordinator from the Ministry of Energy and Minerals, Mr Styden Rwebangila, said in Dar es Salaam that the pilot power c . . .

Solar energy solutions provider Aora has announced that its plans to construct an initial pilot of its Tulip solar-hybrid power plant in Ethiopia Aora’s Tulip solar-hybrid system uses a gas turbine that can operate on any alternative fuel, which guarantees an uninterrupted and stable power . . .

  Things are looking bright for East Africa this season. At least that’s the case for the solar as a service startup Off Grid Electric and its customers. Tanzanian-based solar company Off Grid Electric has raised a massive US$16-million (about R184-million) lead by the US alternative . . .

 SunPower, a solar technology and energy services provider, has announced it will open a solar panel manufacturing facility in Cape Town come 2015.  The new move will help in meeting growing demand for solar technologies in the region.   The manufacturing plant is expected to produc . . .

 Photonworld Solar is an OEM Supplier of Renewable Energy Components, Based in the United Kingdom and boasting an operations office in the Northern Nigerian State of Kano.   Their passion is to promote and develop the use of photovoltaic modules and wind turbines as a renewable source of . . .