Chinese solar technology manufacturers take center stage at the Global Off-Grid Solar Forum and Expo 2024, which runs from Tuesday to Thursday in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.A key event addressing the challenge of...

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The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has committed up to $25 million to Acumen’s Hardest-to-Reach (H2R) Fund, a $200 million initiative designed to enhance energy access in underserved regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. This investment by the...

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A 200kW solar mini-grid and green village model has been commissioned in Hakwata village, Chipinge District, Zimbabwe.This initiative will bring clean, reliable electricity to over 100 homes and businesses for the first time in...

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he world’s money is flowing in the wrong direction. The climate crisis is really about money: too much money is fuelling climate change, too little money is going to climate solutions, and extractive money...

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With solar installation interest having stagnated since loadshedding was suspended in April, Plentify is driving the adoption of its SolarBot technology on the back of significant cost-savings that users can realise from fully using solar capacity and optimally discharging batteries.SolarBot works...

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Off-grid solar solutions provide the most effective pathways to bridge the electricity gap in the world, the World Bank said in a report released Tuesday in Nairobi, capital of Kenya.According to the 2024 Off-Grid...

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ZIMBABWE stands at the forefront of a transformative opportunity in the global lithium-ion battery market, driven by its rich lithium deposits and strategic international partnerships, particularly with China.As the world increasingly embraces green energy...

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Some Nigerian mini-grids are bucking this trend, though, as their customers adopt income-generating productive uses of energy (PUEs) that raise electricity sales and boost household incomes.Recognising that agriculture is a mainstay of Nigeria's rural...

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RMI has researched the transformative potential of mini-grid electricity in Nigerianagriculture, demonstrating how productive use of energy can significantly reduceelectricity production costs while boosting agricultural productivity.Nigeria's 170 mini-grids (stand-alone solar and energy storage systems...

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Ghana is to pilot a solar energy programme to address the "age-old" challenge of premix fuel for outboard motors used by the country's fisherfolk.The country's Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia said solar energy could provide...

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