Climate Investment Funds Give North Africa and Middle East Green Light for...
AfDB/World Bank-supported plan to generate more than a gigawatt of power About the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Established in 2008 as one of the largest fast-tracked climate financing...
View ArticleWhat Is Needed for Sustainable Energy for Africa?
18 – 20 FEBRUARY 2014 | SANDTON CONVENTION CENTRE | JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA | WWW.ENERGYINDABA.CO.ZA AFRICA ENERGY INDABA APRIL 2013 What Is Needed for Sustainable Energy for Africa? The African...
View ArticleTime for “Dark Continent” to invest in renewable energy
By Dr Nawal Al-Hosany Dr Al-Hosany is director of the Zayed Future Energy Prize and the Director of Sustainability at Masdar In her role as the Director of Sustainability at Masdar; Dr Nawal Al-Hosany...
View Article“African countries are increasingly focused on the potential renewable energy...
Exclusive interview with Dr. Nawal Al-Hosany, Director of Zayed Future Energy Prize, gold sponsors at the upcoming Clean Power Africa. 1) Can you give us some background on the Zayed Future Energy...
View ArticlePractical solutions to energy challenges for industry at African Utility Week...
“The operative word this year is definitely ‘practical’ and there simply is no substitute for onsite experience”, says a very excited African Utility Week event director Russell Hughes. “I want to...
View ArticleGulfSol 2013 set to address MENA solar power problems
Solar power in the Middle East seems simultaneously logical with sun-scorched deserts everywhere, and illogical, all that oil, at the same time. But several of the “Gulf monarchies,” all major...
View ArticleMENA gains from US climate fund
The 1st dedicated exhibition for the PV and solar industries of the MENA region 3–5 September 2013 The US $7.6 billion Climate Investment Funds (CIF) has given the go-ahead to Algeria, Egypt, Jordan,...
View ArticleCape Town welcomes more than 5000 power and water professionals this week as...
60 free technical expo workshops for electricians and engineers Some 5000 power and water professionals from more than 60 countries, 27 of them African, will meet in Cape Town this week for the annual...
View ArticleLopatka: “Africa wants closer cooperation with Austria” / State Secretary...
VIENNA, Austria, May 14, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – Opportunities for deepening political and economic ties to the African continent were the focus in a meeting of Austrian State...
View ArticleCanadian Solar’s Partner Romano Wins Eskom Rooftop Project in Johannesburg
About Eskom Eskom generates approximately 95% of the electricity used in South Africa and approximately 45% of the electricity used in Africa. Eskom generates, transmits and distributes electricity to...
View ArticleNow is the time for local investors to step up and electrify Africa
After a foreign kickstart, African investors and regulators have to take over the lead in shaping the continent’s sustainable energy future For years, the African [...]
View ArticleHow Lives In Africa Are Changing Thanks To Solar Power
African countries are fast adopting renewable energy (solar power) sources in light of the degrading state of the environment because of negative climate change. The [...]
View ArticleNew Generation Solar Module Car by Hanergy Glory
A thin-film solar cell is a second generation sun based cell that is made by keeping at least one thin layers, or thin film of [...]
View ArticleDevelopment of Renewables Projects in Africa
Solar projects stretching across the Sahel region are expected to connect 250m people with electricity by tapping into the region’s abundant solar resource The details [...]
View ArticleSolar and renewable energy trends in 2019
as seen by Sven Lindström, CEO, Midsummer The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. Sven Lindström, [...]
View ArticleENGIE starts operations of Kathu, a 100 MW Concentrated Solar Plant and one...
Kathu is the first Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) development for ENGIE ENGIE (www.Engie.com) is pleased to announce that commercial operation was achieved on 30 January [...]
View ArticleOverseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) advances First Financing...
OPIC’s loan will help FinLux Ellen Sarl distribute solar kits and appliances to individuals, schools, health clinics and small businesses in Chad The Overseas Private [...]
View ArticleThe UK Government is investing US$2.2m in the development of two solar plants...
The UK Government, through InfraCo Africa, a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company, is investing Ksh. 220 million (US$2.2m) in the development of two solar [...]
View ArticleThe new era of gardening with The Root, A Self Contained Solar Powered Plant...
Nowadays gardening with solar-powered plant grower has become very popular. The hydroponic system ensures that it will supply nutrient, water, and essential minerals to the [...]
View ArticleSolar energy and cellular IoT deployment in the spotlight at AWS Summit
Eseye and SolarNow showcase power of connected technology to change lives The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cape Town summit which took place on 11 July [...]
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