Abidjan, Ivory Coast//- The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund has approved a $27.39 million grant to Ghana for the development of renewable energy investments in the mini grid and net metering space.
Category: Solar & Wind
Arnergy Launches Diaspora Initiative For Clean Energy Remittances
Lagos, Nigeria. Arnergy, Nigeria’s leading distributed utility company delivering solar energy solutions, has today announced the launch of the Diaspora Initiative – a groundbreaking scheme enabling the global Nigerian diaspora to invest in solar energy solutions on behalf of local individuals and businesses.
Student and Green Energy Pioneer from Sierra Leone Wins $100,000 Chegg.org Global Student Prize 2021
Paris, France//- Jeremiah Thoronka, a student from Sierra Leone who invented a device that uses kinetic energy from traffic and pedestrians to generate clean power, has been named the winner of the Chegg.org Global Student Prize 2021.
Global Energy Targets Don’t Deal with People’s Real Problems in Zimbabwe
Even if additional energy production capacity was added to the national grid through renewables, questions remain about whether access will be equitable and affordable. Lou Bopp/ GettyImages Ellen Fungisai Chipango, University of Johannesburg Thirty years ago, ending energy poverty wasn’t among the world’s development goals. Neither the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development nor […]
UAE, IRENA Launch $1 Billion Global Finance Platform to Accelerate Renewable Energy
Glasgow, Scotland// – The United Arab Emirates and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) today announced the Energy Transition Accelerator Financing (ETAF) Platform, a new global climate finance facility to accelerate the transition to renewable energy in developing countries.
Africans Call On Global Community To Honour Commitment to a “Just and Inclusive” Energy Transition
Johannesburg, South Africa//-When nearly 200 government and business leaders from around the globe signed the Paris Agreement in December 2015, they did more than commit to cutting greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change.
Renewable Energy Jobs Reach 12 Million Globally
Abu Dhabi, UAE/Geneva, Switzerland//– Renewable energy employment worldwide reached 12 million last year, up from 11.5 million in 2019, according to the eighth edition of Renewable Energy and Jobs: Annual Review 2021.
Zimbabwe: How Socio-economic Conditions Shape Renewable Energy Uptake
Women continue to fetch wood and cook over smoky fires even where there are solar home systems. GettyImages Ellen Fungisai Chipango, University of Johannesburg Zimbabwe considers renewable energy a game changer for rural development. It sees it as an opportunity to increase access to electricity in the country’s rural areas.
Financing Options Key to Africa’s Transition to Sustainable Energy
Geneva, Switzerland— A new whitepaper outlining the key considerations in setting the course for Africa’s energy future was released today at the 2021 Sustainable Development Impact Summit.
Renewable Energy Projects in Rural Ghana Have Some Built-in Limitations
Renewable energy technology holds promise for rural electrification. Wikimedia Commons/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND Dr. Basil Amuzu-Sefordzi, The University of Western Australia Renewable energy technologies like solar lanterns, solar panels and biogas digesters offer the prospect of affordable power in remote communities. For the last 30 years, international organisations have been involved in projects to make these […]