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solar
The Bobonong and Shakawe solar photovoltaic power stations are coming on stream in Botsawana. These facilities, built under public-private partnerships (PPP), inject 4 MW into Botswana's national electricity grid. Large-scale production of solar…
solar
Marrakech, Morocco — IFC and OCP Group, the world’s largest phosphate-based fertilizer producer, today announced an agreement to increase production of low-carbon fertilizers using solar energy, helping green global food systems and reducing their…
hydrogen
The hydrogen sector has the capacity to create more than 30,000 jobs by 2040 -- or so the Green Energy Africa Summit heard this week. Merita Wickens, the project director at Turner & Townsend and workstream lead of operationalisation of the…
hydro
The Kenyan government has given Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) the go-ahead to redevelop the Gogo hydroelectric dam in the west of the country. Its capacity will increase from the current 2 MW to 8.6 MW. At a recent Cabinet meeting…
wind power
With the exception of Central Africa, wind power is now produced on a large scale in all parts of the continent, with an installed capacity of 9 GW. According to a recently published report, this capacity is set to jump by 900% over the next few…
clean cooking
The Modern Cooking Facility for Africa (MCFA) is announcing a new €16 million funding round. This second commitment will support access to environmentally-friendly cookstoves in several sub-Saharan African countries. Access to clean cooking should…
infrastructure
With 80% of the world’s population without access to electricity residing in Sub-Saharan Africa, it is clear that the current fossil fuel-based energy system fails to meet Africa’s power needs. Something needs to be done quickly. Renewables offer a…
Minigrid
Proparco, a subsidiary of French Development Agency (AFD), is providing a €1.5 million loan to Ziz Energie. The Chadian company is installing solar mini-grids to electrify secondary towns. Ziz Energie obtains a new loan for the installation of its…
mineral
The Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources, Tjekero Tweya said that Namibia has natural resources that can mitigate its energy challenges when he spoke during a courtesy visit to the Erongo Govenor's in Swakopmund.…