As part of its electromobility scheme and its effort to get between 300,000 and 500,000 new electric vehicles on its roads the German government has introduced generous financial incentives to encourage buyers to buy and use electric cars. The incentives have been agreed by Chancellor Merkel in May 2015 and the scheme involves 600 million Euros […]
Ambitious thinking means that many of Africa’s more than 240,000 telecommunications towers may soon become solar powered. Presently many are powered by expensive diesel generators as they are often attached to unreliable electricity networks or are in remote areas without access to power. GreenWish Partners, a Mauritius based renewable energy company, has recently announced plans […]
In what is positive news for the development of renewable energy in the southern Africa region, Lesotho has recently acquired a grant of almost USD 700,000 to develop a 20-megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV) plant. USD 695,000 in grant funding has been awarded to NEO I SPV, a subsidiary of OnePower Lesotho, and will be used […]
Australian company SolarShare is pioneering a new financing and ownership model to help intensify the shift to a renewable energy economy. As a member-owned business, it “is for anyone who wants to be part of the shift to a renewable energy economy.” SolarShare’s vision “is for people to share a connection with their energy supply, […]
In very recent news, German based sustainable energy firm SOLARKIOSK has joined the United Nations’ Business Call to Action (BCtA). In joining the BCtA it has pledged to establish 940 solar-powered retail businesses, known as E-HUBBS, across the east African countries of Tanzania, Rwanda and Kenya by 2020. Doing this promises to provide “Sustainable energy […]
When people consider the need to finance climate change and the transition to a green and zero carbon economy they will often think of large-scale infrastructure developments such as solar parks and wind farms. What they tend to forget or even not know about is that poor people – those living at the Base of […]
With much fanfare, South Australia’s State Premier Jay Weatherill, recently announced that a 150-megawatt solar thermal power plant is set to be constructed in the state beginning in 2018. Weatherill described the plant, known as the Aurora Solar Energy Project, as “The biggest of its kind in the world” according to Australia’s ABC News. Expected […]
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), in its Africa 2030: Roadmap for a Renewable Energy Future report, acknowledges that “Africa faces an enormous energy challenge.” Energy demand across the continent has soared as a result of its growing population and economic growth. Despite this positive economic growth IRENA estimates that Africa’s renewable energy “Transition would […]
Liberia recently became the first country in the world to pledge to Light Every Birth. The pledge was made at the launch of the Light Every Birth global campaign to support healthy childbirth with affordable, accessible and clean solar lighting and electricity. In honouring its pledge Liberia will strive to equip the country’s 300-plus health […]
The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) recently launched a new online, and free to take, course called Understanding Renewable Energy. It forms part of its #YALIGoesGreen imitative which aims to help raise awareness and support the increased use of renewable energy sources around the world. YALI believes that “Developing the best practices and technologies to […]
