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Nextracker Solar Trackers and TrueCapture Machine Learning Software have been selected for the 450 MW Sudair Solar Energy Project, Saudi Arabia’s Largest Solar Project – EQ Mag Pro

Sudair Solar PV IPP Project is developed by Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia through its subsidiary Badeel/WEHC, Saudi Aramco, and ACWA Power. The consortium partners have entrusted the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction contract with the renewables arm of global construction giant Larsen & Toubro (L&T). Kashif Rana, Chief Financial Officer and Acting Chief […]

Tronox Announces Significant Renewable Energy Project in South Africa – EQ Mag Pro

200 MW solar project is expected to provide approximately 40% of Tronox’s South African electricity needs and lower its worldwide scope 1 & 2 emissions by approximately 13% Project represents a major step forward by Tronox to meet its emission reduction targets STAMFORD : Tronox Holdings plc (NYSE:TROX) (“Tronox” or the “Company”), the world’s leading […]

EGA, TAQA, Dubal Holding and EWEC to expand clean energy development, progress power asset and generation optimization, and decarbonize aluminium production – EQ Mag Pro

TAQA Group and Dubal Holding envisage acquiring EGA’s electricity generation assets in the UAE, significantly increasing their generation portfolios. Electricity generation assets would be contracted by EWEC and despatched by EWEC’s load despatch centre under a long-term power purchase agreement. EGA would source grid power for all its energy needs, including an increasing proportion of […]

S. African experts call for BRICS to expand scope after Covid-19 – EQ Mag Pro

A Witwatersrand University School of Governance lecturer said that Covid-19 showed the problems of patents and vaccine nationalism that BRICS should address. After Covid-19 exposed some challenges bedeviling the BRICS countries, there is a need to re-examine its strategies and integrate and expand its scope, said South African experts at the webinar “South Africa and […]

Consortium in talks for $1.5bn solar-powered desalination plant in Egypt – EQ Mag Pro

The proposal involves a 400-megawatt solar-power facility and a desalination plant The UAE’s Metito Holdings Ltd., Scatec and Orascom Construction are in talks with Egypt on a $1.5bn renewables-powered desalination plant, as the most populous Arab nation moves to address looming water shortages. The three-company consortium is in discussions with Egypt’s sovereign wealth fund to […]

ACME Group: Swiss company to supply the catalyst for $3.5bn green ammonia project in Duqm – EQ Mag Pro

Muscat – Clariant, a Swiss multinational speciality chemicals company, announced that that it will supply ammonia synthesis catalyst for ACME Group’s ground-breaking green ammonia project in Oman. In a statement on the company website, Clariant underlined its commitment to decarbonize the chemical industry and supports the prestigious overall US$3.5bn project to produce green ammonia and […]

Desert Technologies, Al Salem team up to advance solar power in Saudi Arabia – EQ Mag Pro

Saudi PV panel manufacturer Desert Technologies will supply solar modules for projects implemented by Jeddah-based energy solutions provider Al Salem Johnson Controls in Saudi Arabia as part of a strategic partnership aimed at promoting solar energy across the kingdom. The solar panels will be manufactured at Desert Technologies’ factory in Jeddah, it was announced on […]

Bitcoin-Paying Solar Power Company Plans African Expansion – EQ Mag Pro

Sun Exchange, a South African firm that crowd-sources funds for solar panels and leases them to customers, plans to expand to other countries on the continent. The company, backed by a group part-owned by billionaire Patrice Motsepe’s African Rainbow Capital Investments Ltd., raised $1.4 million for a solar panel and battery-storage project at a Zimbabwean […]

GLOBELEQ’S MALINDI SOLAR PLANT IS GENERATING CLEAN ENERGY TO THE NATIONAL GRID – EQ Mag Pro

NAIROBI, KENYA : Globeleq, the leading independent power company in Africa, and its project partner, Africa Energy Development Corporation (AEDC), has indicated that its 52MWp Malindi Solar photovoltaic (PV) plant has been exporting 40 MWac of power into the national grid since 14 December 2021. The power plant is delivering enough clean and renewable power […]