The pumps’ sensors record real-time data such as energy usage and pump speed in each location, which is shared with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) to calculate groundwater extraction rates and levels NAIROBI : High-tech solar pumps mapping underground freshwater reservoirs across Africa are collecting data that can help prevent them running dry, the […]
AFRICA: EIB and TDB lend $120 million to SMEs for renewable energy
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has recently partnered with the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) to open a USD 120 million credit line. It is intended to finance renewable energy projects for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The 9th Summit of Heads of State and Government of African, Caribbean and Pacific […]
AFRICA: REPP will finance renewable energy projects run by women
The Renewable Energy Performance Platform (REPP) has recently launched a call for expressions of interest to finance renewable energy projects run by women. Interested project leaders have until January 15, 2020 to apply. It is an initiative that will support women’s entrepreneurship in Africa and at the same time promote renewable energy. The Renewable Energy […]
Blockchain Solving The Energy Crisis In Africa
Blockchain technology’s use of a non corruptible ledger brings an exciting change to the future of the energy industry. Like other Ethereum networks, cities will utilize Smart Grids to have an online register that stores all the information running through a municipality. This decentralization of data will give consumers total over where they source their […]
Orange partnership to drive off-grid solar in Africa
Global telecommunications operator Orange has partnered with solar pay-as-you-go provider Greenlight Planet, to provide Orange customers with access to clean energy solutions in several African countries. These countries include Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone etc. The partnership involves both companies deploying Greenlight Planet’s Sun […]
Africa to become world leader in renewables
JOHANNESBURG: Africa, where close to half of its 1,2 billion people have access to electricity, is set to become a world leader in renewable energy. As global business and development leaders met in Johannesburg, South Africa, to attend the Africa Investment Forum (AIF), one of the key focuses of the deals being discussed was around […]
AFRICA: Oslo offers €30 million guarantee to renewable energy suppliers
The Norwegian government has decided to offer a guarantee of NOK 300 million (30 million) per year to renewable energy suppliers to guarantee their investments in low-income countries. Many of these countries are in Africa, south of the Sahara. Good news for renewable energy suppliers based in Norway. Dag-Inge Ulstein, Norway’s Minister for International Development, […]
BancABC Partners DPA Africa To Provide Loans For Solar Installations
The chronic load shedding is now pushing people to turn to solar energy as a alternative means to power up their homes on a daily basis. With that in mind, BancABC has struck a deal with Distributed Power Africa (DPA) to provide loans to people who want to go off-the-grid with home solar solutions. DPA […]
Africa set to become energy future: IEA
Today, 600 million people in Africa do not have access to electricity and 900 million lack access to clean cooking facilities New Delhi : Africa is set to become increasingly influential in shaping global energy trends over the next two decades as it undergoes the largest process of urbanisation the world has ever seen, a […]
Second life lithium battery storage in Kenya to come in at ‘half the cost’ of lead acid
Lithium-ion waste from a solar lantern scheme run by oil & gas major Total in Kenya will be recycled into new batteries for solar home systems by start-up Aceleron. Total Access to Energy Solutions (TATES) sells solar lamps and kits in emerging markets and aims to sell 6 million distributed “solar energy decentralised solutions for […]
