Gigawatt Global
Company description
Gigawatt Global Coöperatief U.A. is a multinational renewable energy company and impact investment platform focused on developing profitable utility-scale installations, and actively implementing solutions to promote the UN Sustainable Development Goals across Africa. A Dutch company backed by US investors with headquarters in Jerusalem, Israel, Gigawatt is led by a team of seasoned project developers, financiers, impact investors, and green energy experts, who established and built Israel’s first utility-scale solar fields, as the Arava Power Company. Gigawatt is a founding partner of the US Power Africa program and built its first African solar field in Rwanda, in 2014, as well as a field near Atlanta, Georgia, in 2016.
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Company updates
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May 11, 2023
Burundi plans to double the capacity of solar PV farm in Mubuga
The Government of Burundi is planning to double the capacity of the existing 7.5 MW solar photovoltaic project located near the village of Mubuga. The project was commissioned in May 2021 and s...
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January 27, 2020
Construction begins at 7.5 MW solar plant in Mubuga
Gigawatt Global’s 7.5 MW solar plant in Burundi is to become the first grid-connected project supported by the Renewable Energy Performance Platform (REPP) to begin full construction. The projec...
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March 28, 2019
InfraCo Africa backs Kenya’s solar potential
InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), has signed convertible loan agreements with frontier developer Gigawatt Global; committing a total of US$2.2m to the develo...
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June 13, 2018
MoU signed for US$1 billion renewable projects in West Africa
Multinational renewables developer Gigawatt Global Cooperatief has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to invest US$1 billio...
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