Global electricity review 2024
Renewables generated a record 30 percent of global electricity in 2023, driven by growth in solar and wind especially from China, according to the Global Electricity Review 2024 released by the global
Electricity
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Angola: Germany Strengthens Cooperation in Energy Sector
Cabinda — The German Ambassador to Angola, Dirk Lolk said Tuesday in northern Cabinda province that Germany will strengthen cooperation with Angola in the renewable energy sector. The diplomat, who
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Netherlands Will Soon To Be Home To Europe’s Largest Floating Solar PV Project
Dutch solar developer GroenLeven has announced that it is building a 48 megawatt (MW) floating solar PV project on an old sand extraction site in the Netherlands which, upon completion, will be one of
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Damage estimates of particulate matter air pollution reported in study
A team of researchers including University of New Mexico economics professor Andrew Goodkind is addressing the deadly problem of particulate matter air pollution in the U.S. and how to best mitigate it.
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Electricity should be a fundamental right: Engineers tell political parties
All India Power Engineers Federation writes to leaders of BJP, Congress and other parties. Political parties' manifestos should declare electricity as a fundamental right, said an association representing
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Freedom of choice: Open access gets leg-up from states’ solar policies
Open access by industrial and other bulk consumers of electricity has picked up in the current year, helped by renewable energy policies of several states such as Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana which
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Mozambique: Five provinces to gain electricity access
The World Bank has approved a $82 million grant to increase access to electricity in five of the poorest provinces of Mozambique. The provinces include Niassa, Nampula, Zambezia, Cabo Delgado and Sofala.
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Rwanda electricity access rate up to 51 pct in 9 years
The number of Rwandan households connected to electricity increased from 10 percent in 2010 to 51 percent as of February 2019, the Rwanda Energy Group (REG) said in a statement on Monday. Among the
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City Of Sydney Announces 100% Renewable Energy Target
The City of Sydney, on Australia’s east coast, announced last week that it intends to further cut its greenhouse gas emissions by transitioning to 100% renewable energy to meet all its electricity needs
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Scaling up of rooftop solar in the SME sector in India
Scaling up rooftop solar in the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector would require addressing key issues relating to lack of low-cost financing, lack of rooftop aggregation models and inadequate
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Transformation points: achieving the speed and scale required for full decarbonisation
Staying within the Paris Agreement 1.5˚C temperature limit requires rapid, large-scale systemic transformations to fully decarbonise the global energy system by 2050. Transformations of the speed and scale