Solar Energy
Tunisia: Solar Power – Projects Underway to Tap Into Huge Potential Within Reach
Semia Boukhatem — Tunisia boasts 3,000 hours of sunshine per year with peak sun hours (3, 400/ year) in the Gulf of Gabès (southeastern Tunisia)- a manna for a country striving for years now to contain and reduce its energy deficit which stands at 55% in 2019 against...
It’s time for Ghana to go green – Energy strategist
The Lead Technical Consultant to the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana (COPEC), Dr Yusif Sulemana, has suggested that this is the best time for Ghana to invest in green energy. According to him, especially at a time when the price of oil is hovering around $60 per...
Global corporate clean energy purchasing up 18% in 2020
Corporations purchased a record of 23.7 GW of clean energy in 2020, up from 20.1GW in 2019 and 13.6GW in 2018, according to new research published by BloombergNEF (BNEF). The increase came despite a year devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic, a global recession and...
Construction begins on world’s largest integrated solar-powered battery system
Florida Power & Light Company announced that construction has begun on the FPL Manatee Energy Storage Center, which is expected to become the world’s largest integrated solar-powered battery system, according to the company. Located in Parrish, Fla., the...
IES: Electricity From Wind & Solar More Economical Than Nuclear
Research Analysts: Fritz Moses, Elizabeth Sam, & Abisola Ganiyu Institute for Energy Security’s (IES’) review of data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) and financial advisory and asset management firm Lazard, have revealed that generating...
Ghana close to powering airports with solar energy – Aviation Minister
The major airports in Ghana are soon expected to be fully solar powered, given that the process to roll-out this initiative is in its advanced stage. The initiative is expected to reduce the cost of power at the beneficiary airports by about 30 percent. This was made...
Government commended for adopting solar energy
Ezekiel Chibeze, the Coordinator of 350 - Ghana Reducing Our Carbon (G-ROC), a non-governmental organisation has urged government to provide more incentives and enabling environment for the upscaling of the use of renewable energy in the country. He said the...
Kenya: Thousands of Kenyans to Benefit From Solar Project
Some 250,000 households in 14 counties are set to benefit from a solar electrification programme. This is after the government partnered with the World Bank to fund the Sh15 billion project. In the announcement made by President Uhuru Kenyatta during the opening of...
Ghana: Miniplast Signs 20-Year Solar Power Contract With Stella, Emnew
Miniplast Ghana Limited, a plastic manufacturing and recycling company, has signed a 20-year solar power contract with STELLA Futura Ghana and EmNEW to buy electricity from a 704 kWp grid-tied solar photovoltaic plant. It would be installed on their factory roofs at...
Zimbabwe: Bulawayo City Council to Turn Graveyards Into Solar Farms
The Bulawayo City Council is considering turning its cemeteries into solar farms and create renewable energy in the city. Town Clerk, Christopher Dube said Bulawayo has since engaged the Infrastructure Development Bank (IDB) to carry out feasibility studies on the...
