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Caterpillar Takes Equity Stake In Africa Microgrid Company Powerhive

Published on February 14, 2016 January 26, 2016 by Andrew Burger

Part of a $20 million round of Series A VC funding, Caterpillar Ventures is taking an equity stake in Powerhive, a pioneering developer and vendor of smart microgrids that network residential and commercial solar PV-energy storage systems in rural Africa.

Scatec to Begin Construction of 540MW Solar and Battery Project in South Africa  

Published on July 21, 2022 by Microgrid Media Staff

Scatec will begin construction work on Kenhardt solar photovoltaic power plants in South Africa’s Northern Cape province.  The 540 megawatts …

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Jaguar Land Rover Joins Growing Ranks of Multinationals Bringing Sustainable Energy to Off-Grid Africans

Published on May 14, 2022 June 7, 2017 by Andrew Burger

Jaguar Land Rover on June 5 launched “Lighting Up Lives,” a sustainable, clean energy initiative carried out in a collaboration with ClimateCare that aims to bring safe and clean lighting to as many as 1.2 million off-grid East Africans.

India’s Juice Power Moves Forward with Solar Microgrids Program

Published on May 4, 2017 by Andrew Burger

Italy’s TerniEnergia is to build the first of Juice Power’s planned three smart grid-connected solar-storage microgrids, which will be located at commercial and industrial sites in Bangalore, Calcutta and Mumbai.

MTN, Lumos Global Expect to Empower 1 Million Nigerians with Launch of Mobile Electricity Service

Published on March 5, 2017 February 21, 2017 by Andrew Burger

The advent of off-grid, mobile pay-go household solar energy systems is producing amazing results in a growing range of Sub-Saharan nations. The MTN-Lumos partnership serves as a prime example.

Solar Startup Harnesses the Power of the Sun and the Mighty Zambesi

Published on December 20, 2016 December 5, 2016 by Andrew Burger

Construction of the first three of a planned 12 hybrid solar-hydroelectric microgrids highlights the creative, effective ways multilateral Power Africa off-grid energy program partners are teaming up with African entrepreneurs to bring affordable, reliable, emissions-free electricity access to rural communities for the first time.

Off-Grid Renewable Energy Bringing Universal Electricity Access to Africa

Published on January 21, 2017 October 3, 2016 by Andrew Burger
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Widely available and cheaper than ever, PV solar is spreading rapidly across sub-Saharan Africa as a first generation of local clean energy entrepreneurs taps into support from U.S. and multilateral public-private partnerships,

Mobile Phone Adoption In Africa Can Provide Tools, Demand, and Lessons for Off-Grid Electrification

Published on April 22, 2016 April 7, 2016 by Chijioke MAMA
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Hundreds of millions of phones (and smartphones) have been activated in Africa. But the aspiration of portable and renewable off-Grid …

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Africa And The Policy Push For Mini-Grid Growth

Published on June 22, 2016 March 14, 2016 by Chijioke MAMA
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In Africa’s quest for power sufficiency, there is a vehicle, a driver and the passengers. With the private sector/investor’s interest …

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The Investment Case for Mini-Grids and Off-Grids in Africa

Published on March 14, 2016 February 26, 2016 by Chijioke MAMA
Investment Case for Microgrids in Africa

Since the mid-1990s, external finance to Africa’s power sector has averaged only around US$600m per year of public assistance, plus …

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