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A Vibrant Cleantech Startup Ecosystem Takes Root in India

GreenTechMedia

Several floors below the firm’s balcony, power lines crisscross over piles of garbage, a fleet of rickshaws and cow patties on a rooftop, being dried for cooking fuel. ” Rapid growth in India’s renewable energy sector is driving demand for new technologies to modernize the country’s power sector.

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EBRD invests in Egyptian copper rod manufacturing

Smart Energy International

UMC is a subsidiary of Elsewedy Electric, an Egyptian industrial group that has a strong presence in Africa, Europe and Asia, and is listed on the Egyptian stock exchange in Cairo. The Bank’s loan will finance the working capital of UMC, including for importing copper cathodes, which are key to the production of cables.

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Smart energy benefits the people, and those who deliver it

Smart Energy International

Ahmed Ashour, CEO of utility management platform Pylon, writes about how management of our energy, water and food production will benefit greatly from the application of efficiency-enhancing smart energy technologies. This allows us to feed energy into the grid that previously was untapped or wasted.

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Recovering the Missing Millions Owed to Africa’s Minigrids

GreenTechMedia

The minigrid funding commitment from international donor organizations is “in the billions,” says Daniel Kitwa, energy access finance advisor at the Africa Minigrid Developers Association (AMDA). billion allocated to sub-Saharan Africa. That’s roughly 3 percent of what has been pledged to the region.

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How Food Waste is Degrading the Environment

The Environmental Blog

All of this amounts to a waste of the energy, water, and land needed to produce food. Food production, processing, packaging, and transportation all have an impact on global warming. Monitoring the storage temperatures of stored goods requires the use of technologies. Ways To Decrease.

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'For a clean, inclusive and resilient UK recovery plan'

Business Green

In addition, investments in industries and projects such as building renovation, offshore wind, electric vehicles, environmental improvements and low carbon industrial clusters have the potential to bring investment and job creation across multiple regions of the UK. Dougie Sutherland, CEO, Cory Riverside Energy.

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Global Briefing: Paris Olympics targets zero food waste and more plant based meals

Business Green

African green hydrogen plans, new coal-to-clean energy deals, and worsening climate impacts. A group of Six African countries this week formally launched the Africa Green Hydrogen Alliance , with a view to accelerating to new energy technologies that open up access to clean, affordable energy supplies to all.

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