Israeli Firm Wins $30 Million Solar Deal in Georgia, USA

Energiya USA to develop the first utility scale solar field in southeastern Georgia   (Jerusalem, Israel) – The U.S. affiliate of Israel’s Energiya Global Capital (https://energiyaglobal.com/), an international solar development firm headed by Yosef Abramowitz, won a $30 million, 17.68 … Continue reading

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      פורסם:  14.10.15: משה גלנץ הישראלי שמאיר את יבשת אפריקה כי מציון תצא אורה. מי שהקים את השדות הסולאריים בערבה ואחראי ל-60% מתצרוכת החשמל בעיר אילת החל לבנות שדות דומים באפריקה בהשקעת ענק של מיליארדים. כבר 6% מהחשמל … Continue reading

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  Could Israel’s solar energy guru win the Nobel Peace Prize? Yosef Abramowitz’s Rwandan solar field has inspired the Nobel committee – and singer Bono, too BY DAVID SHAMAH October 6, 2015, 5:32 pm Come Friday, a tech project with strong roots … Continue reading

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Gigawatt Global develops $23.7 million solar farm for Rwanda

By Robin Whitlock Gigawatt Global’s utility-scale solar field in Rwanda boost’s the country’s electricity generation capacity by six percent. Gigawatt Global develops $23.7 million solar farm for Rwanda   Gigawatt Global has officially launched its  $23.7 million  solar energy plant … Continue reading

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East Africa’s First Utility-Scale Solar Field Launched

(Kigali, Rwanda) – Only 12 months after the official signing of the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), Gigawatt Global has succeeded in financing, constructing and interconnecting a $23.7 million solar energy plant, culminating in a ceremonial ribbon-cutting event. Rwanda’s Minister of … Continue reading

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Energiya Makes Headlines in Atlanta

By Trevor Williams In 2006, Yosef Abramowitz and his wife, a rabbi, brought their five kids to a southern Israeli kibbutz for a writing sabbatical. Accosted by the blinding sun upon arrival, he instead got a bright idea that would lead to the first commercial … Continue reading

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Jerusalem Solar Utility Energiya Global Capital joins USAID to go Beyond the Grid

Jerusalem, June 5, 2014 — US Energy secretary Ernest Moniz announced yesterday in Addis Ababa that Energiya Global Capital is the only Israeli company to join the founding members of Power Africa’s Initiative Beyond the Grid. Two out of three … Continue reading

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Energiya Global CEO Yosef Abramowitz Takes Home Bonei Tzion Prize for Significant Contribution to the State of Israel

Jerusalem, Israel, May 15, 2014 — In a ceremony at the Knesset, attended by Israeli dignitaries as well as friends and family of this year’s seven prize winners, Yosef Abramowitz, 50, accepted the Bonei Tzion prize in the category of … Continue reading

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Rwanda field reaches financial close, begins construction

  download PDF: 20140217_Gigawatt Global Rwanda release – Feb-17-2014 FINAL-3     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 17 February 2014   Construction Begins on East Africa’s First Utility-Scale Solar Field Breakthrough project “a game-changer for humanity and the environment”   Dutch solar … Continue reading

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Yosef Abramowitz remembers Anne Heyman in Jpost

The Zionist angel of Rwanda By YOSEF I. ABRAMOWITZ 02/08/2014 22:17 The Agahozo Shalom Youth Village provides a nurturing community for 500 of the most needy orphans. A graduation photo from the class of the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village. Photo: COURTESY AGAHOZO-SHALOM … Continue reading

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