C&I
Energy Efficiency
Morocco’s SIE to be the first Super Energy Service Company in...
The implementation of Super ESCOs on the continent will gradually contribute to the expansion and strengthening of the energy efficiency financing ecosystem.
Renewable energy
Solar company closes $38m investment to serve C&I clients
Hybrid solar power solutions provider Daystar Power announced a Series B investment of $38 million enabling it to serve C&I clients in west African countries.
Renewable energy
Practicalities of small-scale PV embedded generation in South Africa
University of Cape Town's K. O. Akpeji writes about the realities of rapid small-scale photovoltaic embedded generation deployment in South Africa.
Finance and Policy
Nigeria: C&I solar provider secures local currency debt facility
The transaction represents the first time that a solar power-based energy company in Nigeria has been successfully backed by long-term Naira financing.
Solar
Nigerian farm becomes country’s largest sun-powered poultry plant
Empower New Energy and Rensource have teamed up to create the largest power purchase agreement for solar energy in the Commercial and Industrial sector in Nigeria.
Finance and Policy
CrossBoundary Energy raises $40m to grow C&I solar projects in Africa
ARCH ARPF is providing $40m in new equity funding to exit initial investors and support CrossBoundary Energy to grow C&I solar projects.
Business and markets
Investment trends: Transition finance can help companies go green
The Transition Finance: Managing Funding to Carbon-Intensive Firms report states that targeted finance can help firms to adapt to the new norm.
Finance and Policy
Solarise Africa mobilises $10m for clean energy expansion
Pan-African energy leasing company, Solarise Africa, has landed a further $10 million investment to drive Africa’s clean energy expansion.
Finance and Policy
Sub-Saharan Africa: $25m fund to back C&I renewable energy projects
Metier has invested $25m into Broadreach Energy to support C&I renewable energy projects across sub-Saharan Africa.
Finance and Policy
Analysis: Factors affecting the negotiations of corporate PPAs
With a net-metering arrangement, the economics of the PPA transaction would be improved for corporate buyers. This is just one factor that came out of a conversation with industry experts on the CPPA market.
