By Olivier Caslin Posted on Thursday, 20 June 2019 The Siemens Gamesa group, a world leader in wind power, was created by the merger of two European giants. A large player in Africa, its objective is to help the continent make a successful energy transition. The 2017 merger between Germany’s Siemens and Spain’s Gamesa created a […]

Carlalberto Guglielminotti, Chief Executive Officer at ENGIE EPS, commented “In 2018 ENGIE EPS posted an impressive growth with revenues increased by 57%, and thanks to ENGIE’s support a more than doubled backlog with a pipeline of over €300 million, maintaining a 30% gross margin. These results witness the intensity and commitment of the extraordinary people […]

Enel Foundation‘s 2019 Open Africa Power edition is launched today in Ethiopia. Open Africa Power is an education program dedicated to high profile African graduates interested in developing a holistic know-how on electricity to work in private or public sector towards the sustainable electrification of Africa. Click here to read more.

RES4Med&Africa member BFP and OnRenewables announced the creation of BFP OnRenewables SL, a joint venture company with head office in Marbella, Spain. The joint venture will allow BFP to serve its customers in Spain and Latin America, and OnRenewables to accelerate its footprint expansion. Click to read the press release

Elettricità Futura, member of RES4MED&Africa, held its Annual Meeting in Rome on 19th June. The energy transition of Italian businesses and the challenge of decarbonisation were at the centre of the meeting of Elettricità Futura, the mail association of the Italian electric field. High-level presences included Confindustria President Vincenzo Boccia, Eurelectric President Francesco Starace, and ARERA […]

The Governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia have agreed to strengthen their existing power co-operation by among others, constructing the Kolwezi-Solwezi interconnector (an approximately 190km long 330/400 kV line from the town of Kolwezi in DRC to the district of Solwezi in Zambia). For this a complete Feasibility Study for the […]

Increasing the speed of global renewable energy adoption by at least a factor of six – critical to meeting energy-related emission reduction needs of the Paris Climate Agreement – can limit global temperature rise to two degrees, according to the latest edition of the International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) long-term renewable energy outlook. At the […]

“Nel mezzo delle difficoltà nascono le opportunità”. (Albert Einstein) Tra le sfide che oggi ci troviamo a fronteggiare, la lotta al cambiamento climatico è forse la più evidente e pressante, nonché uno dei driver più importanti della transizione in atto nel nostro settore. Nel 2015 a Parigi, 195 Paesi – tra i quali anche l’Italia […]

New products and services offered to customers thanks to major investments, Management reinforcement and increase in staff: this is the profile of the new FRIEM presented on the 28th March at its facilities in Segrate. The launch of the business plan, drawn up in collaboration with a society leader in strategic and organizational consulting, aims […]

For years, Gestore dei Servizi Energetici (GSE) has played a key role in the promotion and monitoring of renewable energy deployment and energy efficiency in Italy. From its privileged position it has the opportunity to observe and contribute to the statement of new paradigms of sustainable development, in line with the United Nations 2030 Agenda, embracing all dimensions of human […]