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“Limitless” energy: How offshore floating solar could power population hotspots

Renew Economy

Vast arrays of solar panels floating on calm seas near the Equator could provide effectively unlimited energy to densely populated countries in Asia and Africa. The post “Limitless” energy: How offshore floating solar could power population hotspots appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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BBOXX Lands $50M Led by Mitsubishi to Boost Off-Grid Solar in Africa, Asia

GreenTechMedia

BBOXX, an Imperial London College spinout launched in 2010, has installed about 200,000 home solar systems across Africa, many of them coffee and vanilla bean farmers living off-grid. Roughly 600 million of Africa’s 1.2

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Research reveals key protein molecules associated with the water purification properties of Moringa seeds

Envirotec Magazine

This can help optimise the use of this valuable natural resource – which grows around the world, in Asia, Africa, South and Central America – to develop reliable and sustainable infrastructures for safe drinking water across the globe. The details of this system could not be determined by any other methods.

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Climate change may be fueling a global surge in cholera outbreaks

Grist

In early 2022, nearly 200,000 Malawians were displaced after two tropical storms struck the southeastern part of Africa barely a month apart. array(1) { [0]=> int(613174) } Read more in this series In the US, a fungal disease is spreading fast. We have seen that in the greater Horn of Africa.” Read more here.

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Jeff Bezos hires WRI's Andrew Steer as first Earth Fund CEO

Business Green

Andrew has decades of experience in environmental and climate science as well as economic and social policy in the US, Europe, Asia, and Africa," he wrote. I feel heartened to be leaving WRI in the hands of a remarkable leadership team and top-notch board, along with an array of trusted donors and partners.

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SparkMeter Closes $12M Round to Expand From Metering Minigrids to Analyzing ‘Broken Grids’

GreenTechMedia

They also need to carry enough computing power to support a growing array of prepay and pay-as-you-go options and diagnostic capabilities, all without reliable internet connectivity or the typical back-office utility IT staff and technical support that come with a full-scale utility deployment.

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Global Briefing: China suspends climate talks with US over Taiwan stand-off

Business Green

Pelosi visited Taipei as part of a tour of Asia this week, arguing her visit to the contested territory was justified as a means of pushing back against Beijing's attempts to "isolate" the island. WRAP backs South Africa circular economy project. It's extraordinary that they chose to do that.".

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