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The Ministry of Infrastructure has said that it is mobilizing $1.5 billion (Rwf1.4tn) to be able to connect all 3.8 million households to electricity by 2024. This was revealed on Thursday during the ceremony to celebrate the one-millionth…
Gigawatt Global announces the resumption of construction of the 7.5 MW solar power plant in Mubuga, eastern Burundi. The facility will increase the country's electricity capacity by 15% and improve the electricity supply to approximately 90,000…
Government, in partnership with the World Bank, plans to introduce a competitive programme for procuring large-scale photovoltaic solar power gadgets under the recently completed National Renewable Energy Policy (NREP), to boost availability of…
The European Commission signed today four guarantee agreements worth €216 million that will help unlock €2 billion to invest in renewables, urban infrastructure and start-ups in Africa and the Neighbourhood. The guarantees were signed with the…
Rwanda Energy Group (REG) loses about Rwf19bn annually to power theft and grid inefficiency owing to dilapidated power lines and connections. The losses have had an impact on electricity tariffs as the utility company seeks to make a business case…
The Beninese government has included in the 2020 finance law a measure to exempt the imports of solar panels from the payment of the value added tax (VAT). According to the Off-Grid Clean Energy Facility (OCEF), a public entity aiming to increase…
Globeleq, the leading independent power producer in sub-Saharan Africa, has signed a joint development agreement with the Togolese government to develop a utility-scale renewable energy project. Under the terms of the agreement, Globeleq and the…
The Norwegian company Empower New Energy and its partners have recently signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Rwanda Energy Group (REG) for the Rucanzogera mini-hydro project in the west of the country. The Rucanzogera small hydropower…
The Minister of Energy Mary Goretti Kitutu flipped a switch that unveils the home page of the electronic database information and management system (EDIMS). She was launching the EDIMS on Monday, a system that is expected to curtail the carbon…