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Veteran International Trade Lawyer Stacy Ettinger Named Senior VP of Supply Chain & Trade at…

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has announced that Stacy Ettinger will serve as the organization’s new senior vice president of supply chain and trade. Ettinger is an accomplished attorney who will lead SEIA’s international trade portfolio and its work to expand and strengthen the solar and storage supply chain … [continued]

How the Africa Green Shift Trade Finance Facility works

GreenMax & Tradeable Launch GreenShift Africa, A Platform Designed to Accelerate the Penetration of EVs…

As shared recently in an article on the largest ever electric mobility parade on the African continent, held last week in Nairobi, Kenya, a lot of progress has been made of the last 7 or so years in Kenya’s electric mobility sector. After several years of intensive research and development, … [continued]

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Construction Has Started At Africa’s First Dedicated Gigawatt-Hour Battery Factory In Cape Town

In the first half of 2023, South Africa imported over $2.5 billion worth of solar panels, inverters, and lithium-ion cells and battery packs. This is according to analysis from Johannesburg-based Gaylor Montmasson-Clair, a Senior Economist at Trade, Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS). The surge in demand for all of these has … [continued]

South Africa Now Has Over 10 GW of Wind & Solar Generation Capacity

South Africa’s energy generation shortfall issues have been well documented here on CleanTechnica and in other forums. This has led to unprecedented electricity rationing in the country, infamously known as electricity load-shedding. South Africa has an electricity generation capacity of about 50,000 MW, dominated by the national power utility company … [continued]