Cambridge, United Kingdom, November 6, 2019: The successful partnership between UK-based Azuri Technologies, a leading pay-as-you-go solar innovator and Japanese Fortune 500 company Marubeni Corporation has been nominated for a British Business Award, with winners to be announced in Tokyo this week.
Category: Solar & Wind
Azuri GrowFast Solar Irrigation Pump Finalist in Global LEAP Award
Cambridge, United Kingdom, 31 October 2019//- GrowFast solar irrigation system from Azuri Technologies has been named a finalist in the 2019 Global LEAP Awards, highlighting the world’s best off-grid appliances.
Ghana’s Central University Goes Solar
Accra, Ghana, October 17, 2019: A 401 kWp solar system for Central University in Ghana has been inaugurated, marking an important milestone in Ghana’s transition to clean energy.
Solar Power Could Stop China’s Belt and Road Initiative from Unleashing Huge Carbon Emissions
Jenson/Shutterstock Kathryn G Logan, University of Aberdeen; Shi Chen, Tsinghua University, and Xi Lu, Tsinghua University China has invested US$90 billion in the countries involved in its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) since 2013. The BRI involves developing infrastructure in 126 partner countries to boost trade within a region stretching from Indonesia to Western Europe […]
How Kenya’s Mega Wind Power project Is Hurting Communities
Lake Turkana Wind Power turbines. LTWP Zoe Cormack, University of Oxford September 4, 2019//-Kenya recently launched the Lake Turkana Wind Power project, Africa’s largest wind energy project and the biggest public-private investment in Kenyan history. The wind farm will produce 300MW of low-cost renewable energy for Kenya’s national grid.
ENGIE Acquires Mobisol, Becomes Africa’s Market Leader In Off-grid Solar
Paris, France, September 3, 2019//-ENGIE expands its decentralized energy offering in Africa through the acquisition of Mobisol, a pioneer of off-grid solar solutions.
Briefly…on Japan’s Boom in Renewables after Fukushima Disaster
August 12, 2019//-Eight years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan has diversified its energy supply through its investment in renewables.
South African Varsity Makes Glass Solar Power Breakthrough
July 17, 2019//-A revolutionary new type of window glass – in effect a transparent solar panel is the objective of joint research being done by the University of the Free State (UFS) in South Africa and Ghent University in Belgium.
South Africa’s First SDG Report Card: How to Move Beyond Ticking Boxes
shutterstock. Willem Fourie, University of Pretoria July 3, 2019//-South Africa will present its first progress report on the Sustainable Development Goals at the United Nations on July 17. This report will provide a rather extensive snapshot of the country’s progress towards the 169 ambitious targets.
Prioritizing Financial Protection In The Face Of Extreme Weather
It’s the start of hurricane season, and experts identified significant opportunities to better prepare for the risk of a disaster. June 30, 2019//-The three consecutive, major hurricanes in 2017, Harvey, Irma and Maria, devastated parts of Texas, Florida, and most of Puerto Rico. Each was among the ten most costly insured natural catastrophes globally, with […]