Category: Alternative & Renewable Energy
Spotlight on how climate change affects vulnerable communities
South African Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Barbara Creecy, has emphasised the importance of paying special attention to particularly vulnerable individuals, households and communities as the country feels the effects of the global climate change crisis.
Africa-focused Starsight Energy keeps things local with competitive refinancing agreement
The new facility — Starsight’s second with NIDF – replaces Starsight’s current facilities with Norfund (the Norwegian Government Investment Fund for Developing Countries) and Finnfund (the Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation Ltd).
REA signs deal with ENGIE Energy Access
The Rural Electrification Agency of Nigeria (REA) and ENGIE Energy Access have extended their partnership through a supplement to the existing output-based fund (OBF) agreement.
Sulzer Schmid introduces new ultra-portable drone solution for highly flexible wind turbine blade inspections
Operators can now rely on the 3DX™ SmartPilot to deliver semi-autonomous drone inspections using portable equipment that can be brought onsite easily and deployed immediately.
FG to partner China on renewable energy technology
“The proposed partnership between the Chinese and Nigerian universities is expected to build and upgrade centres of excellence in renewable energy technologies which include green energy – solar, wind, hydro, bio-energy, energy efficiency and management,” it said.
Schneider Electric and BP collaborate on low carbon energy solutions to help customers decarbonize
According to the EVP, Regions, Cities and Solutions, BP, William Lin; “Schneider Electric’s expertise is complementary to ours, opening up more opportunities for us to jointly help energy systems decarbonise. Combining BP’s energy supply capabilities with Schneider Electric’s microgrid and energy management technologies means that together we can offer clean, efficient and resilient solutions to better meet our customers’ needs.
First $10m aggregated renewable energy facility launched in Nigeria
The DART programme aims to accelerate the growth of the renewable energy sector in Nigeria and beyond by combining demand pooling and aggregated purchasing of solar equipment, access to affordable finance and coordinated logistics processes to unlock economies of scale for solar companies and achieve cost savings for end users.
Wärtsilä pioneering significant test programme for pure hydrogen engines to enable fully decarbonised energy systems
The technology group Wärtsilä has begun testing its thermal balancing engines using pure hydrogen and expects to have an engine and power plant concept capable of running on 100% hydrogen by 2025, enabling the transition to decarbonised energy systems around the world.
Onyx Solar, Sterling Bank to construct Africa’s largest PV integration project in Nigeria
According to the agreement, the Spanish company will install approximately 6,500sqm or a total of 3,250 crystalline silicon photovoltaic glass spandrels at the Nigerian Bank’s new headquarters building that is currently under construction in Lagos, the capital city of Nigeria.
RP Global and OOLU Solar partner to launch Westa.Solar, West African new commercial and industrial solar venture
RP Global and OOLU Solar partner to launch Westa.Solar, a new commercial & industrial solar venture in West Africa