Do you ever wonder what keeps environmentalists and humanitarians going? It is stories like the story of Laura Stachel & We Care Solar, and organization that provides light to medical facilities without electricity.
Zachary Shahan, director & chief editor here at CleanTechnica, earlier this year spoke to Katherine Lucey, CEO & Founder of Solar Sister, after the Zayed Future Energy Prize awards ceremony. He inquired, “What can you say about what inspired you to start Solar Sister? And has it grown as you expected or has it been different than you expected?”
Ademola Adesina is the Founder and CEO of Rensource, a subscription-based energy service that gives its clients the ability to fill the energy gap between what the woefully inadequate centralized power grid in Nigeria offers them, and what they really need to carry out their day-to-day life.
If the human population continues to grow for numerous decades more, then what does it matter if a slowly increasing portion of the world’s energy mix is comprised of renewable energy capacity?
The European Investment Bank announced on Monday $25 million in financing intended to strengthen energy access in Africa with the use of off-grid solar systems, in conjunction with d.light design, a global leader in off-grid solar power products.
As a social enterprise, Solar Sister works to eradicate energy poverty by offering local women a chance to kickstart a clean energy business.
Two more project developers have signed financial risk agreements for utility-scale solar power projects in Nigeria, strengthening the country’s roadmap towards becoming a major solar power market in Africa.
Investment company GreenWish Partners has doubled its planned capacity addition in Nigeria’s solar power market.
Low cost solar panels are already pushing small diesel generators out of the off grid power market in Nigeria, and now push is coming to shove.
70% of people living in sub-Saharan Africa have no access to a conventional electrical grid. Even if they did, the service is often interrupted by a variety of factors. Now, Community Energy Social Enterprises Limited, a Nigerian company, and Renewvia Energy Corporation, an American firm, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide solar power to 25 communities across Nigeria using local microgrids.
