Africa’s Record Solar Year — And Sudan’s Absence From It
Africa is on track for a record 17GW of solar in 2026, up 45% year-on-year — but Sudan doesn't appear among the countries driving the boom, and solar…
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Europe’s Biggest Solar Developer Just Went Bankrupt Six Months After Raising $1.16 Billion. Sudan’s Donors Should Take Note.
Enerparc AG, one of Europe's largest independent solar developers, filed for insolvency six months after a €1 billion financing round. Sudan's much smaller, unregulated solar pipeline has far…
Algeria Rebuilt Its Wildfire Governance in One Season. Sudan’s Climate Institutions Have Had a Decade — and Still Lack the Basics.
Algeria built a national forest-risk coordination committee in months after its 2026 wildfires. Sudan has known its own climate-governance gaps since 2016 and still hasn't closed them —…
South Africa Bets on Coal While Its $13.8 Billion Climate Deal Waits — Sudan Has Neither
South Africa's energy minister says coal isn't the problem — while $13.8B in climate finance rides on retiring it. Sudan's war-shattered grid, at a quarter of pre-war capacity,…
Baku Climate Week Opens on a Transparency Deadline Sudan Hasn’t Met
UNFCCC Climate Week 4 opened today in Baku with transparency reporting as its lead theme. Sudan has yet to file its first Biennial Transparency Report — a deadline…
West Africa Is Mapping a Path to Power 110 Million People Off-Grid. Sudan’s Own Pilot Covers 150,000. Map Sudan Next.
An IRENA study maps up to 34GW of solar mini-grid potential reaching 47-110 million people across four West African countries. Sudan's own World Bank-financed ASCENT project targets just…
Dubai’s Energy Expo Closes With a $3.25 Billion Storage Bet and a 5.2-Gigawatt Flagship Project. Sudan Wasn’t in the Room.
Middle East Energy 2026 closed in Dubai touting a $3.25B storage market and a 5.2GW flagship project. Sudan's grid crisis got no mention at the region's largest energy…
Egypt Signs a Battery Deal With China. Sudan’s Entire Storage Programme Is 40 Times Smaller Than the One Egyptian Plant Already Running.
Egypt just signed a battery-manufacturing MOU with China and has a 300MWh storage plant already running, backed by 9.2 billion euros in EIB financing. Sudan's entire national battery-storage…
Egypt Just Signed a 1,000-Megawatt Wind Deal With Gulf Capital. Sudan Still Has No Contract to Offer the Same Investors — Fix That Now.
Sudan's Electricity Regulatory Authority should finish, within six months, the standard model power-purchase agreement that a UNDP/GEF-backed effort has left unfinished for over a decade — before reconstruction…