»More than nothing« August, 2010: Israeli PV integrators breathe a sigh of relief as the government agency continues feed-in tariff incentive Breaking new ground August, 2010: Two-year construction of 100 MW concentrating solar power plant underway in United Arab Emirates Rocking in Morocco? May, 2010: North African country puts out tender for 500 MW of grid-connected solar by 2015 African group of islands looks for 4-percent solar share of total electricity generation March, 2010: Cape Verde, an island nation off the coast of northern Africa and a former Portuguese colony, is set to enter the PV scene with a bang in 2010 – at least in terms of output percentages, that is. Multi-megawatt systems in Africa and the Middle East February, 2010: Government orders two PV power plants: Portuguese project planner and module manufacturer Martifer Solar has signed an agreement with Cape Verde's finance minister. Sunday Energy plans Israel's first megawatt-scale PV system August, 2009: Israeli project planner Sunday Energy Ltd. will build a 1 MW rooftop system for geothermal specialist Ormat Technologies. Nigeria works on RPS and feed-in tariff August, 2009: Nigeria is developing a renewable energy tariff that is »likely to be completed later this year,« according to a source at the agency that regulates the country's electricity sector. 10 MW completed for Masdar August, 2009: System house Enviromena Power System LLC, located in Abu Dhabi, has installed a 10 MW system in the United Arab Emirates. Movement toward a PV feed-in tariff in South Africa July, 2009: A new report by the sustainable development consulting firm Camco recommends that South Africa implement a feed-in tariff for PV. The Hashemite Kingdom is campaigning hard for renewable energy, but PV projects have yet to materialize June, 2009: In May, Kawar Energy, leading a consortium with Solar Ventures and 1st international for Investment and Trade Co., announced plans to build »the world’s largest« PV plant in the Ma’an Development Area in the south of Jordan.  back