Africa has the lowest per capita energy use of any continent. Over 600 million Africans live without electricity. In 11 African countries, more than 90% of the population live without any power supply. In achieving this, all energy options are...
According to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the share of global electricity generated by solar photovoltaics (PV) could increase from 2% today to as much as 13% by 2030. Released at InterSolar Europe, Letting...
Access to reliable electricity is essential to human development and to a country’s sustainable economic progress. Unfortunately, billions of people around the world still do not have access to reliable electricity, with a great number of them...
Africa has no choice but to move rapidly towards a smart mix of energy systems if it is to grow and prosper in step with the rest of the world, said Jubril Adewale Tinubu, Group Chief Executive for Oando in Nigeria. Speaking at the World Economic...
South Africa is among the world’s least energy efficient countries in terms of its economy. Minister of Energy Tina Joemat-Peterson told delegates the uncomfortable truth about South Africa’s energy efficiency at the 2016 African Utilities Week....
The expansion of generation and transmission capacity, and the rapid adoption of renewables such as solar, promise economic benefits and improved quality of life across Africa. At a stakeholders’ briefing held in Sandton this week ahead of the...
FlexiBiogas was first introduced in Kenya and is now popular in Rwanda as it generates power using cow dung. Source: eNCAnews Source URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a5oT1bUVLI&list=UUI3RT5PGmdi1KVp9FG_CneA
The United States has committed to invest several billions of dollars in Africa. This will particularly be focused on President Barack Obama’s Power Africa — an initiative which aims to add more than 10 000 MW of clean, efficient electricity...
Two out of three sub-Saharan Africans (600 million people) lack access to electricity. In June 2013, U.S. President Barack Obama announced Power Africa — an initiative to double the number of people with access to power in Sub-Saharan Africa. Since...
