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Renewable energy in Africa

  • $1 Billion Solar-Power Deal With Morocco

    MOROCCO, 2013/03/13 The government of Morocco will purchase power for 25 years from the 160-megawatt plant ACWA is developing with Spain’s Aries Ingenieria & Sistemas SA and TSK Electronica & Electricidad SA in Ouarzazate for Morocco’s Solar Energy Agency,

  • Ethiopia looks to realise its geothermal energy potential

    ETHIOPIA, 2013/02/15 Ethiopia, like its fellow Great Rift Valley nations, has enormous geothermal energy potential. However, the costs involved and the need for skilled expertise have, until presently, been major obstacles. In late January, the Development Bank of Ethiopia announced that, over the next five months, it will offer an initial $20m to kickstart geothermal energy projects in the country's private sector as part of a programme funded by the World Bank. A further $20m is expected to be made available at a later stage.

  • German company Phaesun

    GERMANY, 2013/02/08 German company Phaesun is funding the assembly of around 250 points of sale and distribution for photovoltaic systems, as a way of supporting the process of rural electrification using solar power, according to Mozambican newspaper Correio da Manhã. The programme is scheduled to be implemented over two years and will support Mozambique’s efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals in terms of reducing high poverty levels in the country, according to Tobias Zwirner, the managing director of Phaesun.

  • Thermal Power Expansion to Begin at Aluto-Langano

    ETHIOPIA, 2013/02/05 Expansion work is to begin at the Aluto-Langano Geo-thermal Power Plant, in February, with the delivery of equipment to the site. The project, estimated to cost 35 million dollars, has by presently had 17 containers of materials delivered, with 10 additional currently at the dry port, according to Miskir Negash, public relations officer of the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo). 

  • Shining a light on solar power and renewable energy in your classroom

    AFRICA, 2013/01/18 We amount know that we should switch the lights off or remember to take the recycling out, even at school. In fact I think paper bins in classrooms have become pretty standard practice. This is great, but at our school we take pride in taking this to an extra level. We don't want pupils to recycle or flick off a switch just out of routine or habit; we want them to understand why it's significant and to feel inspired and proud to be taking action that makes our school a greener place.

  • Wind Power Wager

    EAST AFRICA, 2013/01/13 The cost of generating the wind power is expected to be about Ksh 8.37 per kilowatt. This figure is higher than the current rate. It however remains to be seen whether the government will come in to cushion consumers from exploitation particularly because it is a private company that is generating the power and selling to the monopoly energy supplier KPLC.

  • Waste Provides Energy Solutions

    UGANDA, 2013/01/13 Feeling the pinch of soaring energy costs or choking on smoke in the kitchen? Organic waste, which is being processed into smokeless briquettes that are cheaper than ordinary charcoal could provide an escape route to reduce expenses and promote sustainable use of the environment, writes Gerald Tenywa.

  • Plugged in to Progress With Geothermal Energy in Kenya

    KENYA, 2013/01/13 Jackson Kiloku, a 26-year-old Masai who herds animals and raises vegetables, stood at the far end of Inkoiriento village, a panoply of wooden and rusted tin-roofed buildings in Kenya's Nakuru County, and pointed to cables in the sky. "I hope electricity will flow through them any minute at this time," he said. "Electricity will be good for our local school and good for our businesses." Daniel Parsitau, a fellow villager added that electricity would make life at home easier as well.

  • Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

    WEST AFRICA, 2013/01/01 The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) promised here on Friday it would partner sub- regional grouping, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), to harness the huge renewable energy potentials in member-states. Deputy Director General (D-DG) of the agency, Frank Wouters, told the media next a-day conference here that the tremendous economic increase Africa had been experiencing had as well brought on a growing need for additional energy to power the growing economy.

  • South Africa's Energy Minister Dipuo Peters

    SOUTH AFRICA, 2013/01/01 The South African government on Monday announced that 47 billion rands (about 5.4 billion U.S. dollars) will be spent in developing the prime-phase renewable energy. This was revealed by South Africa's Energy Minister Dipuo Peters while she addressed the media in the administrative capital of Pretoria.
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