CleanTechnica has had numerous articles on companies and organizations that are supplying off-grid electricity to consumers in Africa. Since I live in western Kenya where many people I know have these systems, this article is to report on these developments from the Kenyan consumer’s point of view.
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Council is expanding its off-grid solar initiative in sub-Saharan Africa and backing its commitment with $50 million in seed money. Some countries think greatness comes from building walls, while others believe it is better to build bridges.
Wanting to drive a zero emission vehicle that runs on sunshine, Doug White decided to do an ICE to EV conversion. He wanted to make an all island, go anywhere electric vehicle and of course, to start an EV conversion, one needs a donor vehicle. He wondered what might be the best island car ever? And the good old Mini Moke popped into his mind. Instantly he decided to make an electric Mini Moke. The perfect island car!
Greenlight Planet, one of the world’s leading off-grid solar providers, this week announced that it has successfully raised $60 million in new funding led by London-based private equity fund manager Apis Partners.
UK-based nonprofit giant Practical Action was one of this year’s Zayed Future Energy Prize winners. I got to interview Chief Executive Paul Smith Lomas and Global Energy Representative Aaron Leopold right after they won the prize. Below is my video interview with the two, as well as some written notes underneath. Enjoy!
Originally published on Planetsave. Home Energy Africa, which specializes in the development and sales of renewable energy products for businesses, governments, and residential homes in Africa, has obtained a $705,000 grant from the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) for the development of a solar PV power generation project in … [continued]
One of the people I was most honored to meet during my cleantech tour of the Netherlands was Maurits Groen, cofounder and CEO of WakaWaka. WakaWaka, in just a few short years in existence, has had a tremendous impact on over 1 million people across the world, bringing them electricity and … [continued]
Remco van der Horst, COO of renewable energy crowdinvesting company Duurzaaminvesteren and founder of consultancy Greenproc, was one of the key people who organized meetings for me during my cleantech tour of the Netherlands last year. Ironically, because my on-camera chat with him and Christiaan van Nispen of energy giant … [continued]
The leading off-grid home solar energy system provider in Uganda, Fenix International, has now signed 60,000 leases for its ReadyPay Power offering (since January 2014), according to a new press release. Altogether, the leases relate to $11 million in business — and there’s now been an estimated 300,000 Ugandans that … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. By Henry Lindon The off-grid solar energy technology market will boom over the next 5 years, with sales hitting the $3.1 billion mark by 2020, according to a new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Considering that roughly $27 billion a year is spent globally on … [continued]
