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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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2023

Hydropower, traditionally one of Africa’s most important sources of electricity, will rapidly fade in importance and cede its position to solar power. The majority of new dams proposed across Africa should, therefore, probably never be built, suggests a new study published in Science.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 7, 2022

CTG is a clean energy group focusing on large-scale hydropower development and operation. Renewable clean energy accounts for 97% of the total mix, while consolidated hydropower capacity represents 16% of the total installed capacity of hydro in China.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The multi-phase project will provide water to the Gauteng region of South Africa and generate hydroelectricity for Lesotho. Expected project benefits include greater water security in the Gauteng region and a boost to Lesotho’s socio-economic development due to infrastructure improvements and increased hydropower capacity.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 31, 2021

The 40-MWac Khoumagueli Solar IPP project in Guinea has marked a significant milestone with the signing of a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) between InfraCo Africa and Electricité de Guinée (EDG). A Concession Agreement for the project was signed in February 2019. A special purpose vehicle (SPV) named Khoumaguéli Solar S.A

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 6, 2021

However, hydropower still accounts for the largest share of renewables in the total mix. At the end of 2020, global renewable generation capacity amounted to 2,799 GW, with hydropower still accounting for the largest share at 1,211 GW. Africa continued to expand steadily with an increase of 2.6 China and the U.S.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

And he added a year later, droughts dried up reservoirs of hydropower plants. More from IRENA Innovation Week: Energy storage needs greater innovation say Europe and Africa commissioners California energy agenda “California’s climate agenda is based on rapid electrification.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Mott Macdonald said it had tested the methodology on five real-world infrastructure assets, including a "nearshore" wind farm in East Asia and a hydropower plant in Africa. "All of this means a higher rate of return for investors and is a powerful tool for building the case for resilience.".

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2022

When she returned in 2018, long after the war had ended, a journalist encouraged her to go into the hills and take a look at some new hydropower plants on the river Lumbardhi i Deçanit. An area called ‘Zalli i Rupes, where environmental campaigners say gravel was dug for the construction of hydropower plants further down the river.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

As part of the deal, TotalEnergies will collaborate with the Rwanda Development Board to enhance hydropower and liquefied natural gas value chains. The deal was signed during a visit to Rwanda by Patrick Pouyanné, the CEO of TotalEnergies. The deal is expected to help Rwanda to improve energy security by diversifying its energy mix.

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Global Renewable News

MAY 3, 2023

Three years after construction began,

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 24, 2024

Electricity demand highlights Some other top points from the report are as follows: ● Africa remains an outlier in electricity demand trends, with per capita demand having been effectively stagnant for more than three decades. While more progress is needed, and fast, these are very promising trends.”

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2020

The global renewable power sector added 176GW of new capacity in total last year - just fractionally down on the 179GW added in 2018 - as rapid growth in wind, solar, hydropower and other renewable power sources outpaced the fossil fuel sector by a factor of 2.6, according to IRENA. Overall, renewables capacity expanded by 7.6

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The GRA represents the leading international industry players and provides a unified renewable energy voice.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 22, 2019

The HydroVision International event is now under way in the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, with more than 3,000 hydropower professionals from around the world coming together for four days of learning and networking.

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 26, 2021

Small declines were also reported in coal, natural gas, and nuclear consumption, while renewables and hydropower recorded gains. The remainder of global energy consumption came from coal (27.2%), natural gas (24.7%), hydropower (6.9%), renewables (5.7%), and nuclear power (4.3%). share of all energy consumption.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

The restored former coal mine, which is about to undergo a major transformation into a pumped storage hydropower plant and wind farm, will be the second stop on Extreme E's 2023 race calendar. I've been lucky enough to race on UK soil many times throughout my career and those memories will always be incredibly special to me," he said.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 29, 2022

The main causes include a lack of fuel for diesel power plants, technical difficulties, and low water levels at the dams where hydropower is produced. Load shedding has a remarkable history in South Africa. Some situations are difficult to predict. For around 15 years, there are recurring total area disconnections.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Investment in renewables across sub-Saharan Africa, excluding South Africa, jumped $600m in 2018 to $2.8bn, according to new data from BloombergNEF (BNEF). The trend is expected to continue with some 1.2GW of solar PV expected to come online in 2021 outside of South Africa - more than twice the amount commissioned in 2018.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 15, 2022

hydropower and wind power). In East Africa, we started a pilot that transforms low-grade food waste to fly larvae for a nutritious source of animal feed protein “ – Unilever , Tackling manufacturing waste. Your first is installing renewable energy facilities onsite. In 2021, we found several ways to reuse organic waste.

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The City Fix

MAY 7, 2024

Over the past several months, the climate pattern El Niño has disrupted different regions and sectors across the world. Zimbabwe recently declared a state of disaster, due largely to El Niño-induced drought. The city government in Bogotá, Colombia, announced water rationing as reservoir levels.

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2020

Rwanda has become the first country in Africa to ramp up its national greenhouse gas reduction targets as part of its Paris Agreement commitments, yesterday submitting its plan to slash emissions by at least 16 per cent by 2030 compared with a business-as-usual baseline. Rwanda ramps up Paris Agreement pledge.

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POWER Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2023

India’s government has issued an emergency order that extends the operation of coal-fired power plants using imported coal, as the country grapples with a shortage of domestic coal and continued […] The post India Extends Emergency Operation Order for Plants Using Imported Coal appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The projects include new geothermal and solar energy production, a 1GW hydropower scheme, green regeneration of central Nairobi, and a climate-resilient agriculture hub for the Lake Victoria region that is expected to create 2,000 direct jobs while boosting income for a further 20,000 farmers. Progress on LEAF.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 30, 2021

GWAC project its subsidiary Huanghe Hydropower completed in Qinghai province last year (more on that project, below). Other notable climbers are NextEra Energy, whose subsidiary Florida Power and Light has commissioned several large projects in its home state; and France’s Engie with new plants in Europe, the Americas and Africa.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

However, 13 percent of Shell’s posts focussed specifically on renewable energies such as wind, solar, and hydropower. The company also had the largest share of promos focussing on hydrogen, which made up 11 percent of its total output.

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2023

Renewables capacity in Europe and North America grew by 57.3GW and 29.1GW, respectively, while Africa added 2.7GW of capacity, delivering a marginal year-on-year increase. Although hydropower continues to account for the largest share of total renewables capacity with 1,250GW, solar and wind continued to dominate new generating capacity.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The IPOs would come from the company's renewables, hydropower, and power trading arms, as it looks to fund its pivot towards green energy. Africa is due to host the next Summit and last month Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi officially declared his country's interest in hosting the meeting.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 18, 2022

An integrated policy framework built around the energy transition could bring a wave of new sustainable energy investment to Africa, growing the continent’s economy by 6.4% Coordinated efforts should be made to ensure public spending – the dominant source of energy transition finance in Africa – clearly prioritizes renewables.

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The City Fix

JANUARY 24, 2024

Last year shattered global heat records. The world witnessed the effects of rising temperatures in the form of devastating wildfires, severe flooding, extreme heatwaves and more. Poor countries and communities who have contributed the least to causing the climate crisis.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Well completion, Tulu Moye, Ethiopia (source: TMGO) Towards a diversified renewable energy mix Ethiopia is endowed with an abundance of hydropower capacity and is one of the few countries in Sub-Saharan Africa that generates nearly all its energy from renewable sources.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 8, 2021

Tracking SDG7: The Energy Progress Report says that during the past decade, a greater share of the global population gained access to electricity than ever before, but the number of people without electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa increased. Globally, the number of people without access to electricity declined from 1.2 Heat had only a 1.2%

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2022

In Africa, it is even worse: 60 per cent of people lack coverage. China latest mega-hydropower plant comes online. China's highest hydropower plant came fully online this week, with the commissioning of the project's last 500,000-kW power generation unit. Early warnings and action save lives.".

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Business Green

OCTOBER 1, 2021

per cent, in addition to the contribution of hydropower, helped the renewable power reach its record share. Rich Nations pitch $5bn to fund south africa coal exit. The share of renewables on Australia's main grid, the National Electricity Market, hit a record 61.7 per cent last week, just four days after setting a new peak of 60.1

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Business Green

DECEMBER 20, 2021

It is the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa and has exceptional natural resources, including minerals such as cobalt and copper, hydropower potential, significant arable land, and immense biodiversity. Tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today." - African proverb. The DRC is at a crossroads.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The second camp sees a growing role for fossil fuels as the global population expands and hundreds of millions of people seek to join the energy-intensive middle classes, especially in Asia and Africa. My personal opinion favors the first camp, but I will elaborate on both. Camp 1 – No, Oil will not recover.

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CleanTechnica

AUGUST 11, 2023

MyHydro, the US distributed hydropower company that is the brainchild of serial energy investor Paul Hinks, is already spreading its wings to new pastures in Africa.

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