Originally published on Planetsave.com. Using a unique business model to sell solar lights in rural African off-grid communities, SolarAid aims to eradicate the dangerous and toxic kerosene lamp from Africa by 2020. Working in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, and Uganda, the lives of over 10 million people in Africa are … [continued]
M-KOPA Solar has apparently had little problem winning awards. You can scan through the awards here. Most recently, it won the prestigious and highly competitive Zayed Future Energy Prize (in the SME category). Following the Zayed Future Energy Prize awards ceremony*, I had the chance to interview M-KOPA’s managing director and cofounder, Jesse Moore. … [continued]
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]
The United Nations Environment Programme released a report yesterday that responds to a 2013 report on the potentially crippling costs of climate change in Africa. At an October meeting in Gabarone last year, the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment endorsed the Africa Adaptation Gap Report, which identified these costs. The new … [continued]
Microlending service Kiva funds renewable energy projects around the world, all focused on providing appropriate technology to developing communities.
Based in San Francisco and Tanzania, SunFunder raises money for solar power projects in communities of need, such as African and Indian villages that often don’t have reliable access to electricity. Over 100,000 people have benefited from their solar projects so far. Below is an interview with them about their work. … [continued]
The government of Uganda has just signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the construction of four large solar power plants totaling 500 megawatts (MW) of capacity! According to PV-Tech, these solar power plants will be built for the Ugandan Development Corporation, possibly using Jinko solar modules as proposed by … [continued]
The European Union has launched the Sustainable Energy Markets Acceleration (SEMA) project to promote the use of renewable energy in Uganda. The project aims to educate the public about the importance of renewable energy and increase the share of renewable energy in the total energy mix in Uganda. “This … [continued]
This is a very interesting post on adaptation tech and funding versus abatement tech/solutions (i.e. some stuff we typically don’t write about vs. the kind of stuff we typically do write about). The post has a bit of dry, fun humor in it, as well. Thanks to Tim for passing … [continued]
The quest for cleaner energy generation is one that is going to be a main focus for the next several decades. Without a doubt, humanity has finally realized that our insane overdependence on oil and other fossil fuels is, if nothing else, simply not healthy. It will eventually run out, … [continued]
