Category: Solar & Wind

Dakar, Senegal// — With a 38% share of renewables in its electricity mix and a 50% target by 2030, Mauritania is a top regional performer in the race towards low carbon power.

International negotiators can’t agree on how to phase out coal, in part because of opposition to carbon taxes, and now even countries that had been able to abandon the fuel are reversing that progress as the war in Ukraine raises energy prices.

Johannesburg, South Africa// — The demand-side of global energy places immense pressure on the mining sector, which is perceived to make a significant contribution to CO2 emissions.

Johannesburg, South Africa// — Green hydrogen will be one of the largest economic opportunities over the next 30 years.

Abu Dhabi, UAE// – New data released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) shows that renewable energy continued to grow and gain momentum despite global uncertainties. 

Save money on your energy bills without sacrificing comfort. Thanks to the raging pandemic, geopolitical tensions, and the supply chain crisis, our energy bills at the end of 2021 were roughly 20% higher than the year before.

Nairobi, Kenya// —A new study by the Institute for Transportation Development Policy (ITDP) and the University of California, Davis, finds that keeping carbon emissions from Africa’s urban transport sector will require not only an increase in the number of electric vehicles on the road, but, just as importantly, the establishment of compact cities developed for […]

A net-zero transition could affect the world’s energy and land-use systems and, by extension, the economic sectors that participate in these systems.

The European Union is aiming to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by the end of this decade compared to 1990 levels, a goal that GS Research says requires a major – and urgent – push to electrify industries from transport to manufacturing.