- News
- 04/02/2023
- Solarquarter
- News
RESPITE – a $311 million regional project supported by the World Bank and approved on December 20, 2022, with legal agreements signed – aims to rapidly increase grid-connected renewable energy capacity and strengthen regional integration in the participating countries.
- News
- 22/01/2023
- ESI Africa
- News
PIDG company InfraCo Africa and PowerGen Renewable Energy (PowerGen) have announced a new financing model that will help scale clean energy access in Sierra Leone. The new project is expected to deliver 1,660 first-time connections across eight sites.
- News
- 02/11/2022
- ESI Africa
- News
Winch Energy Ltd is close to completing a large-scale project to build 49 solar PV mini-grids in Sierra Leone and Uganda that will connect over 55,000 people with electricity for the first time.
- News
- 04/10/2022
- ESI Africa
- News
The 236kWp solar PV, 389kWh battery storage facility commissioned at Miro Forestry and Timber Products’ Tonkolili factory marks a new milestone for sustainability in Sierra Leone’s forestry sector. he renewable energy system will be able to provide 25% of the factory’s power.
- News
- 22/09/2022
- ESI Africa
- News
The Power Up campaign calls wealthy nations to greatly increase climate adaptation funding. The campaign will initially focus on five African countries with the potential to be trailblazers in growing energy access – Kenya, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Tanzania. But in 2023, Power Up is set to expand its focus on countries worldwide.
- News
- 23/07/2022
- Construction Review
- News
The Saudi Fund for Development sent a five-day working delegation to follow up on ongoing projects, including the rehabilitation and development of Fourah Bay Bay College (FBC), the construction of 100 solar boreholes, and the $25 million Saudi-funded Education Support Project.
- News
- 23/06/2022
- ESI Africa
- News
Building on research from reports, here follows your guide to the Sierra Leonean energy sector, particularly the growth of minigrids and their contribution to providing electricity in this West African country.
- News
- 19/04/2022
- KBC
- News
The expansion of national utility grids is constrained by low purchase power, sparse settlements, and low population density in rural settings. It also faces non-technical deficiencies that result in enormous commercial losses. As an alternative, there is a growing interest in decentralized power generation and distribution through mini-grid.
- 13/04/2022
- Easy Solar
- Press Release
- News
- 19/12/2021
- ESI Africa
- News
UNICEF, with support from USAID, has donated 77 solar powered refrigerators to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation in Sierra Leone, providing conducive storage facilities for essential lifesaving vaccines and strengthening the cold chain system.
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