Africa, 2012 Solar Market Report

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Growing activities in the African market for The meeco Group last year

Present in South Africa since 2006, in Mauritius since the first quarter of 2012 and regularly present in Angola for the last 4 years, The meeco Group’s focus in the Indian Ocean and African markets has gained importance.  In fact, the swiss-based clean energy specialist has been very active in the region, developing projects and partnerships in South Africa, Malawi, Kenya, Ghana, Morocco, Jordan, Nigeria, Yemen, Tanzania and Gambia.  “We have always considered the African market as one of the most promising markets in the solar industry”, explains Dieter Trutschler, Sales Director for The meeco Group.

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The meeco Group launches sun2fish, the solar based fishing buoy

Solar technology to replace traditional kerosene fishing lamps Catching fish at night implies using a light source which, in Europe and North America, is often a diesel generator powered spot. In places such as the Lake Victoria, spread across three African nations (Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania), thousands of liters of kerosene are used every night … Read more

Addressing the Telecommunications Market

As part of The meeco Group’s efforts to develop new clean energy opportunities, telecommunications is one of the most attractive sectors to address. The telecommunications sector creates a dramatic amount of CO2, and are now becoming very open to renewable power supply alternatives. The meeco Group recently appointed Scott Osborne, a long-term telecom veteran, to … Read more