Category: Alternative & Renewable Energy
Africa Energy Forum and AFSIA celebrate 15 winners of AFSIA Solar Awards 2020
More than 130 entries were submitted across the different categories from all over the continent over the past few months.
Another major breakthrough for solar energy
That partnership appears to be bearing fruit, with the consortium recently announcing highly encouraging advancements in perovskite technology that could boost the efficiency of perovskite solar cells from the current ceiling of ~25% to a dreamy 66%.
5 years of climate leadership: The World Bank Group’s first climate action plan
And as countries embark on cleaner energy pathways and transportation, they should think through how to ensure a just transition for fossil fuel-dependent communities. “In order to effect a transition which is going to be successful we will have to find ways of mitigating the impact on people who work in the coal economy,” says Ranjit Lamech, Infrastructure Director for the World Bank’s East Asia and Pacific Region.
Renewable energy remains one of America’s most attractive investment options
In ACORE’s new analysis, Expectations for Renewable Energy Finance in 2020-2023, both investors and developers reported confidence in the continued growth of the renewable energy sector over the next three years.
ICELLPOWER unveils Innovative Tall Tubular Batteries
“At ICELLPOWER, we have continually delighted our ever-growing customer base with pocket friendly prices and regular promotional offers just like with the newly introduced tall tubular batteries.”
USTDA grant to support privately generated renewable energy in Nigeria
The United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has awarded a grant to Abuja-based Konexa for a feasibility study that will evaluate Nigeria’s access to reliable, privately generated renewable energy.
Malian solar firm SolarX raises Series A funding round
The funding round was led by Energy Access Ventures (EAV), an early-stage fund investing in decentralised energy companies across Sub-Saharan Africa, and the UK’s CDC Group, and will be used to help SolarX develop and operate projects in Mali, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast.
Why the World’s Central Banks aren’t fully sold on renewables
The International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) has reported that new renewable power–principally solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal, and bioenergy–accounted for 72% of new capacity additions in 2019.
Renewable energy is electrifying COVID-19 Isolation Centers in Nigeria
The electricity sector has not been left out of this ongoing negative impact resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, as it continues to struggle with increased epileptic power supply and increased losses stemming from unpaid electricity debts due to lack of cost-reflective tariffs and decreased consumer spending.
The revolutionary tech that’s turning waste into energy
By Chris EverettThe $150-billion organic food industry has a major fertilizer problem that could hinder its growth.Massive livestock operations from Europe to North America have an even bigger problem: They’re producing catastrophic volumes of polluting waste they have nowhere to put, and it’s a damage-control cost they have to deal with.The solution to both will…