GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

As the European Union sets its sights on a green hydrogen boom as part of its plans to meet decarbonization pledges and rebuild economies ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, North Africa has emerged as a possible source for a significant chunk of Europe’s future hydrogen supply. Underestimating Europe’s renewables potential.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 4, 2020

In Xlinks’ case, the plan is to install 10 gigawatts of PV and wind generation capacity along with 25 gigawatt-hours of battery storage near Tantan in Southern Morocco and then pipe the electricity production all the way to Britain. electricity with a contracts-for-difference bid of around £52 ($70) per megawatt-hour.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Today, it is focused on Latin America, tomorrow on Europe (my own backyard), Thursday on Asia and Friday on Africa. The lack of infrastructures to supply quality electricity is essential for developing countries. We need strong political commitment. Electricity is an essential part of our modern lives, anywhere in the world.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2021

This has moved these issues up the political priority list and bolstered a massive effort to diversify India’s economy away from coal and other polluting technologies and practices. Today, a growing number of them are focused on clean electricity. Demand for flexible, clean power spurs startup activity.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Unless things change, which doesn’t look likely in the immediate term given the divided political landscape, the UK will continue dropping down the pecking order, and possibly quite quickly.”

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Cross-party political support has driven the 'meteoric rise' of UK offshore wind industry, an approach that should be taken for other critical technologies, Tony Blair Institute contends. An efficient transition also depends on "strategic systems thinking", it adds. Reflection and learning are essential if we are to succeed," it states.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Scatec believes that targeting the sub 25-megawatt segment with a lease model in emerging markets will allow it to steal market share from diesel, which is used for more than 250 gigawatts of power generation in Africa alone. “We’re not just a supplier of electricity, we’re a partner to government,” he said.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

Solar and wind power could push fossil fuels out of the electricity sector by the mid-2030s and out of the energy supply system altogether by 2050, as clean energy costs continue to plummet and governments pursue policies designed to ditch fossil fuels for cheap, home-grown renewables.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 10, 2024

Elections in the EU and the US have our industry waiting with bated breath to see the next guard of political agendas take the scene and usher in policy updates – all at a critical time as 2025 and 2030 deadlines for our planet approach. The timing of Wood Mackenzie’s analysis is apt.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Citing the International Energy Agency’s Net-Zero by 2050 report , which states that global electrification will nearly double electricity demand as electricity becomes the backbone of the entire energy system, he said that the company is committed to “continue pushing the boundaries of innovation.”. contribute to?a

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 26, 2024

The Caieiras landfill has a biogas-fueled thermal power plant, where methane (CH 4 ) from decomposing organic matter drives electricity generators. It’s a model that can be used throughout Brazil and inspire similar solutions in the other BRICS and developing countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia.”

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Investors are failing African entrepreneurs — it’s time for a change Salma Okonkwo Thu, 02/25/2021 – 00:10 Despite the global economic slowdown caused by COVID-19, the case for investing in Africa is stronger than ever. These figures get more concerning when considering the number of women-led or co-founded startups in Africa.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

For large middle-income countries, like India and South Africa, there were signs of progress on investments needed for developing clean energy. In the developed world, countries still have to internalize, politically, that bills are coming due – both at home and abroad – after decades of delaying action on climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Of the two exceptions, Denmark and South Africa, the first did not mention Denmark’s role as the largest oil producer in the European Union, while South Africa’s stall was sponsored by the country’s top coal companies. South Africa, Australia, UK, and Germany. South Africa struck a deal on Tuesday for £6.2 Greenwashing’.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In road transport, France and Spain have joined 39 other countries and 14 vehicle manufacturers in committing to making all new car sales zero emission by 2035, under the Accelerating to Zero Coalition, a joint effort that will shift investment more quickly towards electric vehicles, bringing their costs down more quickly.

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Terra Infirma

JUNE 19, 2023

I try not to spread doom as doom is demotivating, but last night I tweeted on my political twitter feed about the heat wave currently underway in the North Sea, just a few miles from where I live. No one wants to confirm it’s Africa, Asia & South America that’s the real problem!

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 3, 2021

That is long term, patient capital that focuses on growth over dividends, is not always available to developing countries because of the perceived political and/or economic risks. In a recent study, the IE A found that in 2019 the number of people without electricity access was 770 million and 75% lived in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2022

Boris Johnson celebrates flurry of multi-million pound clean tech deals on trip to India, as UK separately agrees joint climate action roadmap with Indonesia to drive electric vehicles adoption and tackle deforestation.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Engie’s acquisition of Mobisol this month and a $50 million investment in BBOXX in August have highlighted the massive potential of Africa’s off-grid power market. The company retains ownership of the PV systems and sells the electricity to rural communities at tiered rates depending on the power required by the community.

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Climate 4.0

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Russia remains a powerful, dangerous country, one sophisticated enough to have meddled successfully with the US political process and EU dialogs as well. Its tremendous, deep culture remains in contrast with its melancholy history of trying to integrate with the European elite politically and be treated as an equal partner.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 14, 2021

That is long term, patient capital that focuses on growth over dividends, but is not always available to developing countries because of perceived political and/or economic risks.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Beyond the climate-induced energy crisis, war-induced electricity shortages and grid failure-induced blackouts, we must not forget that the number of those living without any access to electricity stands at 733 million. Africa has the youngest population in the world, with 70 percent of sub-Saharan Africa under age 30.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Where strong incentives are in place, they have helped drive coal off the electricity system and reduced waste going to landfill. Carbon taxes are often vulnerable to the vagaries of political will - just look at road transport where fuel duty has been frozen year on year. International experience suggests we must tread carefully.

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Business Green

JANUARY 27, 2021

The drive to power the world with clean energy picked up steam through 2020, despite the multiple challenges posed by disease, recession, and political instability, new research published yesterday by BloombergNEF (BNEF) has revealed. Away from the Americas, other corporate procurement markets picked up markedly.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Speaking at BusinessGreen 's Net Zero Festival on Friday, David Wilson, Facebook's director of business marketing for Europe, Middle East, and Africa, conceded misinformation surrounding climate change and the environment was an issue all social media platforms had to address.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2022

However, Loshaj concedes that her ability to speak out is partly due to her living in Canada, which shielded her from some of the potential risks facing environmental campaigners in Kosovo – some of whom fear their employers may come under political pressure to dismiss them if their protests garner too much attention.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 24, 2022

“The fact that nearly 2,500 leaders from politics, business civil society and media come together in person demonstrates the need for a trusted, informal and action-oriented global platform to confront the issues in a crisis-driven world.”. Energy security and the European Green Deal (May 24).

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

I expect wind and solar to continue to be the cheapest sources moving forward and continue to be attractive investments, at least relative to the alternatives in the electric generation sector,” said Spence. He expects that advantage to grow bigger every year. “I Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL).

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Andrew Winston

MAY 14, 2018

How do we manage an electric grid with huge amounts of intermittent renewable power and billions of smart devices and electric vehicles plugged in? How can our economic and political systems enhance well-being for all and reduce inequality? We may need some serious help answering these kinds of questions.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

West Africa battled the tragic spread of Ebola while the West remained largely ignorant to the horror of public health threats. With political attention elsewhere, there is currently insufficient policy support to realise this potential to any meaningful degree. Cast your mind back to 2014. A different time. And yet not so unfamiliar.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 21, 2021

is just a shorthand reminder that if you’re trying to come up with a comprehensive plan for climate change, you have to account for much more than electricity and cars.”. She has been involved in oil, gas and mining projects and businesses in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The next step is to translate these political commitments into on the ground action. ??. From solar panels, to electric vehicles and tree planting, it is often finance that turns good intentions into action. Last month, I helped launch East Africa's first ‘green bond' on the Nairobi securities exchange.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 13, 2021

testing the moral character and political imagination of countries better prepared to survive an overheated planet. Candé grew up on a farm near the remote village of Sintchan Demba Gaira, Guinea Bissau, a place without many of the basics of plumbing or electricity. I love you,” he told her, “and I’ll be back.”.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 6, 2021

The investigation assessed the employment history and affiliations of 565 bank directors from the boards of major retail banks in the UK, US, Canada, Europe, South Africa, China and Japan. Before that, he worked as a project manager for Exxon, and currently serves on the board of gas and electricity company and E.ON Systemic problem.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2020

The political message they sent was key. Five years on from Paris, 565 million people still lack access to electricity and 900 million cook their evening meals on polluting, dirty stoves that can kill. Some were short and vague. Many African plans were written by Western consultants. Virtually everyone was on board.

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Elemental Excelerator

APRIL 21, 2023

He holds a degree in Urban Planning and another in Political Science from the University of California Los Angeles. She broadened her cultural understanding by teaching in South Africa and East Harlem and developing education technology and augmented reality products in New York and Shanghai.

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

I know the role finance can play in delivering this change, having worked in corporate finance myself for over 15 years before I came into politics. Because, from preserving ecosystems, to manufacturing electric cars and solar panels, it all needs to be paid for. Experience working in the private sector.

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