Coal is “essential to meet the scale of Africa’s desperate need for electricity,” says Peabody Energy, the world’s biggest publicly traded coal company. However, a new analysis published by the Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI) challenges these claims, finding instead that the falling costs of renewable power is the way out … [continued]
The solar energy giant SunPower Corporation will soon be developing a solar panel manufacturing plant in Cape Town, South Africa, according to recent reports. The manufacturing plant, once completed, will be used to supply the fast growing solar markets of the region. The plant will be manufacturing SunPower’s high-efficiency E20/440 … [continued]
The East African country of Ethiopia will be seeing a pretty substantial solar energy buildout in the next few years, based on the recent signing of a memorandum of understanding between Ethiopian Electric Power and Green Technology Africa. The deal will see US-based Green Technology Africa (GTA) aid Ethiopian Electric … [continued]
Have you ever thought that society might be a bit rougher at the edges, and interpersonal and intergroup conflict more frequent, in the summertime? or in the tropics? New research clearly links social violence with the occurrence of climate change. People often attribute individual and regional conflicts to geography. The … [continued]
“A better functioning energy sector is vital to ensuring that the citizens of sub-Saharan Africa can fulfil their aspirations. The energy sector is acting as a brake on development, but this can be overcome and the benefits of success are huge.” So said IEA Executive Director Maria van der Hoeven … [continued]
It is only a few months till the 2015 Zayed Future Energy Prize awards ceremony, and selection committee has just selected and announced the finalists. Included in this final pick are 5 nonprofit organizations, 3 SMEs, 4 large corporations, and 14 high schools… as well as 5 highly regarded (however, unannounced) contenders for … [continued]
Almost everyone in the media has taken a stab at summarizing, if not snap-judging, the results of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s one-day UN climate summit last week. The meeting had a real name, but Robert N. Stavins in his New York Times runup to the conference was the only writer I … [continued]
Not only does Egypt plan to auction of 2GW each of solar power and wind capacity, but also support domestic manufacturing of needed equipment.
The solar pipeline in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region has primarily been driven by South Africa and Israel, however, NPD Solarbuzz believes that that trend is set to change as numerous countries throughout the region begin pushing forward on their own projects. According to the NPD Solarbuzz Middle East … [continued]
A renewable power project planned for the east coast of Ghana will represent 10% of the country’s installed capacity when completed.
