Wind power in the Middle East & Africa

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Enel teams up with Qatar fund for African renewables development

By Craig Richard, 8 January 2021

Enel Green Power and the Qatar Investment Authority have agreed to form a new joint venture to develop wind and solar PV projects in sub-Saharan Africa

Amazon knocks Google off top spot as 'world's biggest' renewable energy buyer

By Andrew McCorkell, 10 December 2020

With the addition of 26 new utility-scale wind and solar projects in Australia, South Africa, Europe and the US, Amazon now sources output from 6.5GW of renewable energy projects

Emerging markets order more than 1GW of wind turbines in September

By Craig Richard, 7 October 2020

Just over 1GW of firm orders were reported for wind farms spread across Egypt, Russia, Morocco, Colombia and Vietnam last month

EDF and Mitsui start work on Moroccan project

By Andrew McCorkell, 9 September 2020

The first phase of the Taza wind farm from the EDF Renewables and Mitsui consortium has kicked off in northern Morocco

SGRE to supply 301MW to wind farm in southern Morocco

By Andrew McCorkell, 3 September 2020

Turbine manufacturer to supply wind turbines to a consortium for the Boujdour wind farm as part of a 850MW tender.

Uzbekistan seals deal for 500MW wind farm

By James Agyepong-Parsons, 10 June 2020

Uzbekistan has given the green light for a 500MW project to shore up its wind power ambitions. The wind farm in the central Navoi region will be designed, financed, built and operated by United Arab Emirates-based Masdar.