Smart Energy International

JANUARY 27, 2023

Enlit Africa (formerly known as African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa) proudly presents its 2023 programme, which will run from 16 to 18 May at the CTICC in Cape Town. The Investment Plan indicates that South Africa will require approximately R1.5 The question is: where will this financing come from?

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Planet Pulse

APRIL 4, 2023

Authors: Steve Levay and Ryder Kimball Special thanks to: Arjan Geers, Max Borrmann, Tessa Kramer, Robin van der Schalie, and Megan Zaroda Record low rainfall has pushed the Horn of Africa into a disastrous drought that is precipitating a humanitarian crisis. In the Horn of Africa, millimeters could be the distance between life and death.

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FuelCellsWorks

APRIL 26, 2024

BAODING– On April 23-24, 2024, the GWM Global Distributors Conference took place in Baoding, China, with around 1,000 attendees including overseas customers from countries and regions such as Europe, Asia, Australia, the GCC, North Africa, South Africa, Latin.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 15, 2024

Registration is open for a webinar on “Geothermal and Sustainable Development in Africa: Beyond the Rift.” The speaker for the upcoming webinar will be Helen Robinson, Regional Manager for Africa of the International Geothermal Association (IGA).

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Global Renewable News

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

AD Ports Group, AESG and Expo City Dubai have joined World Green Building Council's (WorldGBC) Middle East and North Africa (MENA) network as Regional Partners. These businesses bring their expert.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility (GRMF) thru the Regional Geothermal Coordination Unit (RGCU) has announced the list of geothermal direct-use projects eligible tor receive grants under the GRMF HEAT programme.

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Ideas 4 Sustainability

APRIL 1, 2024

However, whether in Europe, Southeast Asia or Africa – coastal ecosystems are threatened worldwide due to anthropogenic sustainability crises such as the climate crises or pollution. Source: Pixabay Coasts provide special habitats for a wide variety of life forms. … Continue reading →

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 11, 2024

With multiple drivers for growth in the industrial market, the challenges for water in Africa are more around implementation than technology, says Walid Khoury of water engineering firm Desalytics, as he prepares for Water Africa 2024 in Ghana in June. What are the main challenges for the water market in Africa?

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 12, 2022

ImpactAlpha, January 12 — Aqua-Spark is launching a subsidiary to help build out local and regional aquaculture supply chains in Africa. The post Aqua-Spark backs Lake Harvest to expand sustainable aquaculture in Africa appeared first on ImpactAlpha. The investment.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Amplats) to develop infrastructure in South Africa that will encourage the production and use of hydrogen cars in the country. Transitioning to lower carbon energy sources will be a challenge for South Africa. The government estimates that about 172,000 people work in South Africa’s platinum sector.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 28, 2022

Energy Web and ENGIE Energy Access are launching ‘Crowdfund for Solar’ to fund clean energy projects in sub-Saharan Africa. ENGIE Energy Access is a leading provider of solar and mini-grid solutions in Africa, with delivery of renewable energy to 7 million people across nine countries to date. Have you read?

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 5, 2021

million) in investment to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy across Africa. The capital will be invested through the African Development Bank’s Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) to unlock private sector participation in funding the region’s transition to low-carbon energy resources.

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PV Tech

OCTOBER 2, 2023

But some EU countries also look at the solar potential in North Africa, as the region boasts better solar irradiance and longer sunshine hours. As Europe is increasing its solar PV capacity to reach its goal in the REPowerEU plan, countries in the bloc are accelerating solar PV installation.

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Global Renewable News

MARCH 25, 2024

The four-day event held in partnership with the Kenyan government brought together national and regional policy makers to discuss how energy efficiency can accelerate Africa's clean energy effor.

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Global Renewable News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

North Africa - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and Sudan - faces significant challenges due to climate change, which increasingly disrupts the region's economies that rely on agriculture,

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Planet Pulse

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Today, we announced an exciting new contract with ZEP-RE, a reinsurance company based in Nairobi, Kenya who will leverage our Basemaps products to enhance drought risk protection in the Horn of Africa (HOA)! At Planet, we are excited to be contributing data to support the livelihoods of pastoral farmers in Africa with ZEP-RE.

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 10, 2024

Remittance inflows to Africa are expected to top $55 billion this year. But Africa is the most costly region in the world for. The post Africa50 and Oikocredit lead $14 million round for Zeepay’s cross-border payments appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Solar solutions provider Sungrow has signed a supply agreement with French renewable energy group EDF Renewables to provide liquid-cooled energy storage systems and MV transformers for the Umoyilanga project in South Africa which, once connected to the grid, will help alleviate impacts of the country’s power crisis.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Despite the global economic slowdown caused by COVID-19, the case for investing in Africa is stronger than ever. Africa will remain a competitive investment destination for decades to come because of its improving relative risk profiles, regional integration and strong economic fundamentals. Thu, 02/25/2021 - 00:10.

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Climate 4.0

JUNE 1, 2021

The question is, how do the developed nations of the West effectively and honorably interact with the developing world today, in East Africa and elsewhere? Yet foreign direct investment (FDI) in the region remains sparse. How much of this will ultimately go to East Africa is a topic for the future.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 30, 2021

In South Africa, BioTherm Energy’s Excelsior Wind farm is collaborating with conservation organizations to minimize the wind industry’s impact on local bird populations (avifauna). The post Wind farm pioneers system to protect birds in South Africa appeared first on Renewable Energy World.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 24, 2023

A nuanced appraisal emerges from the 2022 World Air Quality report – compiled by Swiss air quality technology company IQAir – which includes a dismal picture from Africa and the news that only five countries met the WHO limits for PM2.5: A total of 118 (90%) out of 131 countries and regions exceeded the WHO annual PM2.5

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Meanwhile, less than 1% is generated by low-income countries in regions like sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. Over 50% of all transport-related emissions come from high-income countries, where people are more likely to own and depend on personal vehicles. In these.

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TechXplore

DECEMBER 9, 2023

The east Africa region has the fastest growing population in Africa. The region is also experiencing strong economic growth. Between 2013 and 2017, its growth rate was twice the African average. It's sub-Saharan share of GDP has risen from 14% in 2000 to 21% in 2022.

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Global Renewable News

OCTOBER 8, 2023

First GWEC Status of Wind in Africa Report sets out success stories, examines region's pipeline and explores potential across the continentDownload the report The Glob.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

There is no one-size-fits-all solution to the problem of Africa’s declining air quality. However, far too little has been done to try and combat the dangerous air quality with just 0.01% of global air pollution funding currently spent in Africa. Cairo, Egypt (image credit: Leshiy985/Shutterstock.com).

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Global Renewable News

JULY 4, 2023

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is one of the world's regions most affected by climate change, imposing challenges on energy systems that are already straining to meet the demands of.

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Climate 4.0

JUNE 2, 2021

Outside of Rwanda, which is in my current Top 10 most relatively dynamic sociotechnomic countries in the world, Tanzania finishes 67 th among the 143 nations I survey in my Tau Index , with the rest of the region below that. East Africa is less dire overall than many regions.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 31, 2024

Producers in Norway, the world’s top supplier of farmed salmon, are pushing up to four million people in West Africa into food insecurity and depriving them of critical nutrients, according to a new report. Mowi, Skretting, Cargill, BioMar, and the Norwegian Minister of International Development did not respond to requests for comment.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2023

A lack of pollution monitoring stations has meant a shortfall of data on local, national, regional and global PM 2.5 concentrations were distributed in the regions of Eastern Asia (50.0 µg/m 3 ), followed by northern Africa (30.1 μg/m³), other regions in Oceania (12.6 concentrations globally, according to Professor Guo.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 31, 2024

Football fans, campaigners, and civil society from Africa and beyond have all decried this egregious act of sportswashing by the French major, the top oil and gas extractor in Africa. Despite the glitzy adverts and misleading green claims, TotalEnergies is doubling down on fossil fuel production globally, and especially in Africa.

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Solar Industry

DECEMBER 6, 2023

GameChange Solar (GCS) has opened a new training, service and technical support center, dedicated to its Genius Tracker product line, in Cape Town, South Africa. The training site will also contain a warehouse for GCS equipment to provide support for projects in the region.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Using new models to assess impacts at country and regional levels, the analysis builds on estimates by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that climate-induced declines in ocean health will cost the annual global economy $428 billion by 2050 and $1.979 trillion by 2100. Reef tourism, worth US$35.8

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The report states that urgent action is needed to critically examine the full range of climate interventions, including the removal of excess GHGs from the atmosphere , and repairing parts of global and regional climate systems.

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Energy Central

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

A major undertaking is currently underway to develop a 3,300 km hydrogen pipeline that will connect North Africa to Europe as part of the SoutH2 Corridor project. The planned hydrogen pipeline will originate in Algeria’s Hassi R’mel region, which is already a major producer of natural gas in Africa.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

The Future Energy East Africa, will take place on September 17 – 18, 2019 at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi, Kenya. This is the largest and longest running regional power conference and exhibition in East Africa.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In this webinar, Kai will share details of the current status and work being done by the GRMF in funding and facilitating geothermal development in Eastern Africa, as well as the lessons learned from this initiative so far.

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