Just about ready to unwind for the weekend? Before you leave, have a skim through the RePower project’s newsletter – your regular fix of updates on African renewables, microgrids, and rural electrification projects.
In this issue:
⚡Mauritania: rural electrification expansion via solar energy project. Full article
⚖️Balancing energy and ecology: RePower’s role in building resilience in Niomoune, Senegal. Read more here
❗America pulls back: African Development Bank faces funding crisis as U.S. cuts support. Access here
📉 Nigeria, Algeria, Morocco: who leads and lags in Africa’s electrification? More info
❓ Concerns about Nigeria leading to electrify. Learn more
💲 Good news about electricity prices in South Africa. Read on
🔬 Nigeria: more universities to be hooked up to solar energy. More info
💪 Tanzania: with connections to grid electricity, small shops and industries sprout in rural Tanzania. Full article
⛔ Red tape keeps rural South Africans offline. More info
💡 La Mauritanie capte des financements pour l’électrification rurale et les infrastructures du réseau? Lire la suite
✅The rise of green mini-grids: how community-based solar projects are electrifying Kenya’s last mile. More info
🟢Ghana: policy, funding gaps slowed mini-grids progress. More info here
📑REA signs grants with 9 firms to expand energy access. Read here
👍 African Development Bank Group approves €26.5 million to support the construction of a new solar power plant in Togo. Keep reading
🤝 TCL Solar and Grid Africa partner to deploy 100 MW distributed renewable energy in Zimbabwe and Zambia. Link to article here
🛵 The grid is weak. The bikes are electric. Rwanda is betting it’ll work anyway. Info here
💸Trump lâche la Banque africaine de développement, une épreuve financière à plus de 500 millions de dollars. En savoir plus (PAYWALL)
🟡Energie. Le Mali explore le mix innovation, numérique et solaire. Plus d’informations ici
Upcoming online session (free to attend):
💻Optimise battery design & operations in renewable microgrids in rural Africa (21 May, 11:00 SAST). Register here
About the RePower Project
RePower is an ambitious plug-and-play microgrids project that aims to provide electricity access to 20,000 off-grid consumers across Ghana, Madagascar, Niger, and Senegal. Find out more here.
Thank you for reading our newsletter 😊 See you next time
Kind regards
Carlos Marquez
WP10 lead – RePower Project
carlos.marquez@ata.email
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