Large-Scale Solar Blossoms in Africa

After years of unconverted pipelines, stale financing and cost barriers, utility-scale solar PV in Africa has started to spring up across the continent. The worldwide decline in equipment prices has of course been a pivotal influence, but Sub-Saharan Africa also now hosts a number of support schemes backed by development banks that are driving significant project sizes in a number of countries. 

Senegal adopts renewable energy law

Senegalese parliamentarians have praised a new law aimed at promoting an enhanced renewable energy production. The bill, named Guidance on Renewable Energy, was adopted unanimously by the country's Parliament and attracted praises for its innovative nature.