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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Decentralised renewable energy producers can help relieve pressure on the grid
A new study commissioned by the South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA) reflects on opportunities for corporates, municipalities, and intensive power users looking for affordable and low carbon ways
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Simple, inexpensive frame to boost solar cell efficiency
Scientists have designed a metal frame that increases the amount of sunlight captured by a solar cell, enhancing its energy production by almost one-third. The simple, inexpensive and ingenious method
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Tanzania to Launch Wind Powered Electricity
The country's first wind powered electricity is expected to be generated in Makambako District in Njombe region, southwest of Tanzania. The project's development is spearheaded by Windlab Development Tanzania
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Electricity access in Sub-Saharan Africa: uptake, reliability, and complementary factors for economic impact
Access to reliable electricity is a prerequisite for the economic transformation of economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), especially in a digital age. Yet the electricity access rate in the region is
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Draft guidelines for short-term (i.e.for a period of more than one day to one year) sale of power by power generating company and distribution licensees (the `seller') through tariff based bidding process
The Ministry of Power published the draft guidelines for short-term sale of power through tariff-based bidding process on the 6th of March 2019 for public consultation. Promotion of competition in the
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Demand for energy-efficient ACs rising
Higher power costs, declining price differential between ACs and inverter ACs spurring demand: report The heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) sector is focusing on energy efficient product
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South Africa’s first floating solar PV installation unveiled
In South Africa's Western Cape, a fruit farm just outside of Franschhoek has unveiled a 60kWp floating solar photovoltaic (PV) system. The system has been installed by New Southern Energy on the farm’s
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China’s coal consumption on the rise
Use of coal increased again in 2018, raising questions about the Asian super power’s green energy transition. Coal consumption peaked in China in 2013 at 4.24 billion tonnes. Then government efforts to
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More Fijian households get connected to electricity grid
Over the past five years, the Fijian government has pumped in 224 million Fijian dollars (about 105 million U.S. dollars) towards the energy sector that has directly resulted in ordinary Fijians enjoying
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Coalition launches push for hydrogen power in energy policy reboot
The Morrison government will on Friday open public consultations on a national hydrogen strategy, after engaging Australia’s chief scientist to develop a roadmap with the cooperation of Canberra and the