An in-depth look behind the scenes of Eni’s new green strategy: developing new agricultural production channels from scratch in six African countries to supply its refineries and the emerging “green” aviation market. All against the backdrop of the Meloni government’s new influence strategy in Africa, the Mattei Plan, which gives … [continued]
Investigation into Eni’s projects in Kenya and the Republic of the Congo shows company is failing to produce “miracle” drought-resistant biofuels crops at scale. Italian oil giant Eni is failing to deliver on its promise to produce thousands of tonnes of biofuel crops¹, a new investigation shows. The investigation by … [continued]
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. While it is developing 33 new small hydro plants in the Democratic Republic of Congo, its engineers are working with partners in Cameroon, Malawi, … [continued]
Nuru, which is Swahili for “light,” is a company focused on enhancing energy access in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nuru deployed Congo’s first solar-based mini-grid in 2017, and Nuru says it has a 1.3MW solar hybrid site in Goma, the largest off-grid mini-grid in sub-Saharan Africa; another solar hybrid … [continued]
Solar plus agriculture has been one of my kicks lately. It’s a combo made in heaven, and we should see much more of it in the coming decade. I recently conducted a whole podcast on the topic that, if you haven’t listened to it yet, I highly recommend: We’ve got … [continued]
A CleanTechnica interviewee argues that automakers cannot make the excuse that it’s too complicated to know who their suppliers are and how their suppliers are violating human rights.
The transition to electric mobility presents a major opportunity for the African continent to leapfrog into the age of electric mobility, allowing most of the continent’s population to bypass the ICE age. Africa’s low motorization rates compared to other parts of the world makes this highly probable. Already in several … [continued]
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has one of the lowest electrification rates on the African continent and in the world. The DRC’s electrification rate is around 10%. As access to electricity is one of the main drivers of development, increasing the country’s electrification is long overdue. Accelerating energy access … [continued]
Equatorial Power’s business model integrates the delivery of productive energy with water purification, agri-processing services, business incubation and e-mobility. This is in line with its vision to provide universal access to productive electricity and clean water in a truly holistic approach centered around the customer and enabled by the latest … [continued]
In its 2021 Impact Report, Tesla announced that it visited the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Argentina in order to assess both environmental and societal risks. Tesla said that it has taken steps to complete social and environmental risk assessments by visiting both the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) … [continued]
