Solar is best suited to power over 200,000 African schools

• Africa is home to over 310 million school-going children at both primary and secondary levels. As the continent where most people born this century will be educated, the lack of basic infrastructure, such as electricity is a big concern.

• According to the report, electrifying schools in Nigeria and Ethiopia alone would grant access to over 97 million students who are currently attending school without electricity.

• Our take: Education is rapidly evolving from physical classrooms to digital platforms that would require electricity to function… Read more (2 min)

Kenyan mall leads way on rooftop solar

• Once completed, it will be the largest rooftop solar power installation for residential and commercial use in East Africa. Two Rivers Mall recently welcomed China Square, a retailer of personal and household items, which pushed its occupancy rate to 95%.

• DPA-Kenya has deployed over 200 clean energy projects across Africa for both commercial and industrial customers. They finance and build the solar plants.

• Our take: Real estate developments could be the next big driver of solar demand… Read more (2 min)

Sappi SA signs 175 GWh/y renewables PPA

• Sappi Southern Africa, a subsidiary of Sappi Limited, operates five mills in South Africa. It produces approximately 86,000 m³ of sawn timber, and 2.5 tonnes of paper, paper pulp, and dissolving wood pulp per annum.

• The power supplied through the PPA will reduce Sappi Southern Africa's and the Sappi group's Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 6% and 4%, respectively.

• Our take: Energy consumers are increasingly becoming aware of their carbon footprint and want to make conscious choices... Read more (2 min)

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