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Middle East and African installations slow in 2019
Wind power installations slowed in Africa and the Middle East last year, according to Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) figures, but the industry body expects faster growth in the next five years.
First power from first West African wind farm
Lekela has delivered first power to the grid from its 158.7MW Taiba N'Diaye project in Senegal, the west African country's first utility-scale wind farm.
Africa set for nine-fold wind capacity increase
The International Energy Agency (IEA) expects Africa's wind power fleet to increase nine-fold between the end of 2018 and 2040, but the continent's small power markets and underdeveloped grids pose challenges to managing variability as renewables' penetration increases.
Wind set for bulk of new South African capacity to 2030
South Africa's government expects 14.4GW of new wind power capacity to be installed between 2022 and 2030 under its final Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) -- more than any other energy source in this period.
Africa's first wind-solar-storage hybrid project unveiled
Developers Windlab and Eurus Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Kenyan authorities for what could be Africa's first hybrid renewable energy plant.
Lekela funds latest Egypt project
Lekela has reached financial close on the 250MW West Bakr project in north Egypt, nearly four years after first signing a memorandum of understanding over the project.
In Depth
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Turkey SGRE ramps up production, but investors seek more clarity
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France France looks to wind for island energy autonomy
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Iran Iran looks at alternative models as sanctions cut off financing
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South Africa Construction activity and new tender rekindle optimism
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Egypt Green light for 250MW Gulf of Suez wind farm started in 2009
Middle East
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Saudi Arabia Vestas to supply Saudi Arabia's first wind farm
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Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia to 'lead Middle Eastern wind power'
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Saudi Arabia EDF-Masdar win 400MW Saudi Arabia project
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Jordan Vestas wins EPC order in Jordan
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Iran Iran's largest wind farm commissioned
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