WeLight, which operates more solar mini-grids in Africa than any other company, said the International Finance Corp. bought a ...

The Federal Government has unveiled a 505-kilowatt interconnected solar mini-grid in Epe, Lagos State, and flagged off the development of an additional five-megawatt mini-grid project as part of ...

Africa’s largest solar mini-grid operator, WeLight, has raised $31 million to accelerate its expansion into Nigeria, as the company seeks to deepen electricity access across some of the continent’s ...

*Solar critical to expanding electricity access, says NEMSAEmmanuel Addeh in AbujaThe federal government through the Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA) with technical support from ...

When strips of solar panels arrived in his remote village in northeast Zambia, Damaseke Mwale saw an opportunity. He bought land, built a house and set up businesses including a grocery store and a ...

Off-grid solar and mini-grids offer one of the most cost-effective means of delivering electricity access, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Image: Renewable Energy Association of Nigeria. It is ...

A new basic solar grant made electricity more affordable for families in the Qandu Qandu shack settlement in Cape Town, South ...

Ghana's renewable energy capacity stands at around 280 megawatts, roughly 5 percent of the national energy mix. The government wants 7 percent by 2027. Getting there will require all the resources ...

Mkpoikana UdomaPort Harcourt — The Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency, NEMSA, has launched national guidelines for the interconnection of solar mini-grids to electricity distribution ...

Lagos, Kano, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Enugu—are driving a solar energy revival as falling costs and reforms shift power from ...

Small- and grid-scale solar and batteries will dominate Australia’s least-cost, Step Change energy transition to 2050, ...