GreenTechMedia

JUNE 22, 2020

Investment in commercial and industrial (C&I) solar seems to be holding up in Africa as the COVID-19 pandemic dents investor confidence across the continent, insiders have said. Zahid Hassen, director of the Africa Renewable Power Fund at London, U.K.-based billion and $1.2 billion this year. billion and $1.2 billion this year.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The program has been plagued by delays and no real commitment from the governmnet," Kevin Robinson, South Africa's representative within the Africa Solar Industry Asscociation, said in an email. Looking at other renewable energy opportunities in South Africa. Running out of time to meet integrated resource plan targets.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

alive without the electric utilities sector moving more quickly away from polluting fossil fuels to renewable energy. But despite promising progress, too few companies are investing in technologies and building the grid flexibility needed to ramp up renewables and retire fossil fuels.”

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 2, 2024

Lucy Electric has launched the UK’s first ring main unit (RMU) for medium voltage networks using synthetic air. The Thame-based power distribution solutions developer launched EcoTech, which uses a nitrogen and oxygen blend instead of the SF6-gas currently used to insulate critical electrical network equipment.

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altenergymag

JANUARY 29, 2020

-The Qbera-Schneider Electric Solar alliance brings together the financing and technology needed to provide access to energy in Sub Saharan Africa -Improving access to energy in Sub Saharan Africa is critical for UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 -The first round of projects of 15 MW will be rolled out across in Mali, Ghana and Burkina Faso

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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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Power grid Africa Cooling Innovation 98

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. Salma Okonkwo. Thu, 02/25/2021 - 00:10.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Samsung’s smart home vision, new light on nano-level electrical circuitry, satellite observations for energy development in Africa and a proposed inflatable moon base are on this week’s technology radar. Satellite data to catalyse energy investment in Africa. Samsung eyes “ultimate sustainable home”.

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Technology Africa Agriculture Construction 75

Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

LAISON Annual Letter to Global Partners Dear LAISON Global Clients and Partners, First of all, thank you for always supporting Hangzhou LAISON Technology Co. Most water companies have realized how to utilize technology to improve customer service.

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Energy Monitor Africa IoT Technology 52

GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2021

And at Accelerate this year, you will hear from entrepreneurs who are based in cities across Europe, Africa, and the U.S. . ReJoule ’s battery diagnostics technology can ensure EV batteries are more reliable, safer and longer-lasting. Electric vehicles are projected to reach 58 percent of global passenger vehicle sales by 2040.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

A new partnership aims to deliver solar-powered computers to 10,000 children a year across schools in Madagascar and East Africa. And yet across Sub-Saharan Africa, only 35% of schools have access to electricity, 89% of learners do not have access to household computers and 82% lack internet access.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 28, 2019

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 Overall, the solar home system market has raised more than $1.1 billion through 2018.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

KOKO Networks in East Africa has created a scalable solution to the dirty fuels problem. Across Africa, where electricity connections are patchy and mains gas non-existent, cooking fuel has been dominated by charcoal and paraffin, both of which emit fumes and soot, contributing to thousands of premature deaths every year.

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Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Africa Packaging 130

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 18, 2023

In this episode of the Energy Transitions Podcast, we hear from Leon Laing, Manager: Planning and Customer Services at the Drakenstein Municipality in the Western Cape, South Africa, on how the SF6-free transition is revolutionising how they manage and operate their power distribution system.

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Africa Energy Energy Sustainability 52

GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Insiders predict agricultural companies could become major adopters of solar power in Africa as farmers seek to improve the cost and reliability of energy supplies. “The electricity demand and supply profiles of the agriculture sector make solar PV a perfect fit,” he said in an email.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Vehicle temperature control system manufacturer Thermo King, a brand of Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT), plans to invest more than $100 million over the next three years to deliver a fully electric product in every segment of the cold chain. These innovations will pave the way for all-electric zero-emission trailer refrigeration units.

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Electricity HVAC Africa Innovation 102

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Protecting satellite imagery from fraud, Citopia network for a global battery passport and a high performance non-flammable battery option for warm climates are on the week’s technology radar. However, expensive, fire-prone battery technologies are serious impediments to ambitious plans for rapid growth. Join Enlit Europe in Paris.

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Batteries Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Technology 64

Business Green

JUNE 19, 2022

The report warns that not only do 600 million Africans now have access to electricity, but around 25 million more people in Africa are living without electricity compared with before the pandemic. The report emphasises how Africa has huge untapped renewables potential.

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Africa Energy Energy Fossil fuels 39

Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 15, 2022

“Africa is full of potential infrastructure project opportunities in the pipeline. This is according to Hendrik Malan, CEO and partner at Frost & Sullivan and one of many expert speakers who will address the upcoming Africa’s Green Economy Summit taking place from 22–24 February 2023.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 9, 2024

According to IDTechEx, which provides research on emerging technologies and their markets, although the adoption of EVs across all sectors will contribute to a drastic reduction in tailpipe emissions, for economies where grids are already at capacity, the increased load of an electric transport sector risks blackouts and power supply issues.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 23, 2024

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has reported record low customer minutes lost and significant water savings in 2023. DEWA has achieved the lowest electricity customer minutes lost in the world,” asserts HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO. million in 2023 with its ‘smart ball’ technology. In 2023 DEWA achieved 1.06

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Forbes Green Tech

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Locally produced electricity from renewable energy is helping to deliver sustainable economic growth.

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Charged

MAY 9, 2023

The trucks will be converted from gas to electric power using the ZeroNox Electric Powertrain Platform (ZEPP), which uses LFP batteries. The companies demonstrated a prototype of the electric refuse truck at a recent ceremony to announce the partnership. Source: Zer oNox

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Africa Electricity Batteries Sustainability 104

Business Green

JUNE 19, 2022

Alok Sharma travels to South Africa this week to confirm fresh funding for major sustainable development programme that experts hope could provide template for further deals. of support in 2022-2023 through the UK's Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions (PACT) program.

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Africa COP Energy Energy 36

Solar Industry

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Scatec has begun producing and supplying electricity to the South Africa national grid from its three Kenhardt plants in Northern Cape Province. The Kenhardt project symbolizes not only a technological triumph but a commitment to shaping a sustainable future,” says Terje Pilskog, CEO of Scatec.

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Batteries Africa Resilience Electricity 104

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 3, 2024

High voltage switchgear is an integral part of the electricity grid which is used to control, protect and isolate electrical equipment in a power system. explores the critical technology and how it has evolved in the digital age of energy. Saifa Khalid, Analyst-II at PTR Inc.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Power grid 124

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 11, 2023

Prepaid water meters are not a new thing, even in Africa, but most projects failed before 2010. Amid the development of IoT technology and the popularity of Mobile payment in Africa, manufacturers started to promote smart STS prepaid water meters with different types of communication options, such as LoRa/LoRaWAN, NB-IoT, Bluetooth, etc.

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Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring IoT 98

GreenTechMedia

MARCH 12, 2020

An estimated 420 million people globally now use standalone off-grid solar, while another 47 million people rely on mini-grids for access to electricity, according to the World Bank and IFC. Wood Mackenzie data shows a total pipeline of more than 500 megawatts of commercial and industrial solar under development in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Investment Energy Energy Africa 227

Business Green

MAY 27, 2022

But draft proposal to set hard deadline for phase out of coal-powered electricity is struck from final version of agreement. Climate ministers of G7 nations have this afternoon pledged to deliver "predominately decarbonised" electricity systems by 2035, while taking "concrete and timely steps" to phase out unabated coal power generation.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

South Africa is home to Africa’s first RM AirSeT SF6-free MV switchgear; an innovation of French multinational Schneider Electric.

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Africa Innovation Energy Energy 52

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 12, 2023

The otherwise unassuming facility, at the independent research organisation’s Aberdeen campus, is collecting urine from staff to help advance a wastewater treatment technology using power-producing common microbes. Dr Walter’s experiments, focusing on wastewater treatment, require about 3.3

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Methane Africa Technology Innovation 130

Smart Energy International

APRIL 8, 2022

Energy Dome and Ansaldo Energia have announced a partnership to bring energy storage facilities to Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Long-duration energy storage solutions provider Energy Dome will provide the CO2 battery technology. CO2 battery technology. Image courtesy of Energy Dome.

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Energy Energy Africa Lithium 98

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 4, 2021

Canada, for example, launched a 27-point SMR national action plan to demo and deploy the technology, update regulations, create employment and exploit foreign market opportunities. Nuclear Regulatory Commission design approval, would be supported by the United States International Development Finance Corp to develop plants in South Africa.

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Nuclear Power Africa Packaging Government 246

Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Machine learning based battery charging protocols, propane as an energy efficient and environmentally friendly coolant for space cooling, the remotely controlled Robobug and a new light on nano-level electrical circuitry, satellite observations for energy development in Africa and a zero emission luxury catamaran are on the technology radar.

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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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Hydrogen Africa Europe Transportation 130

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 4, 2024

When completed, the three projects will dispatch electricity under 15-year power purchase agreements to South Africa. Added Helms: “We commend the South African government’s strong commitment to the rapid buildout of battery energy storage, a key focus technology for Mulilo.

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Batteries Africa Power grid Electricity 52

ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) and GreenFire Energy Inc. GreenFire) have announced a collaboration to assess GreenFire’s GreenLoop (“GreenLoop”) technology for implementation broadly in KenGen’s applicable geothermal resources. The company supplies up to 80% of electricity in Kenya with 86% coming from renewable sources.

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Geothermal power Patents Technology Energy 129