CrossBoundary Energy, The Rockefeller Foundation Launch Sub-Saharan Africa Mini-Grid Innovation Lab, R&D Fund
CrossBoundary Energy and The Rockefeller Foundation on April 24 launched the Mini-Grid Innovation Lab for Sub-Saharan Africa, an R&D fund that aims to develop and…
Solarification of Deserts: the Case of Africa’s Sahara
From the pacific coastlines of the Atacama Desert to the sandy dunes of the Sahara; harvesting the abundant irradiance of the world’s deserts has become…
State of Adoption: Energy Efficient Appliances/Practices in Africa
For many African countries, Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) are either absent or loosely regulated. Poor legislation and absent will for enforcement, have now created…
Renewvia Launches Phase One of Its Africa, Solar-Storage Microgrid Initiative
Last updated: March 27, 2018 @ 04:30 AM PST A new generation of emissions-free, distributed energy systems are being installed in homes and businesses across…
Africa Amidst 2018 Global Solar Market Predictions
GTM Research’s new Global Solar Data Hub projects that, “2018 will be the first-ever triple-digit year for the global solar market, with an anticipated 106 gigawatts…
2017 and Recent African Solar Achievements
As the year 2017 draws to an end, it is imperative that Africa should measure its clean energy access achievements, re-evaluate its strategies and take…
Upscaling Local Solar and Renewables: Keys to Unlocking Universal Energy Access, Sustainable Development
A new study from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) highlights the “revolutionary” role distributed, local solar and other renewable energy resources…
Why Africa’s Fast Urbanizing Cities Should Think Solar?
The United Nations (UN) projects that urbanization rates will continue to increase in Africa, reaching 60% by 2050 from a mere 15% in 1960. This…
Solar Power Saving Lives
The continued rollout of renewable energy around the world has the potential to save millions of lives in Third World countries in the coming decades,…
One Belt, One Solar Road: Exporting China’s Solar Strides to Africa
China is sometimes accused of practicing neocolonialism in Africa. However China’s relationship and footprints in Africa have mostly grown in the last few decades and…
