Electricity consumption from the manufacture of artificial intelligence (AI) chips has soared by more than 350 percent worldwide between 2023 and 2024, according to new research from Greenpeace East Asia. In East Asia, the global hub for AI semiconductor production, growing electricity demand from AI chipmaking has been met primarily …
Econet Wireless yesterday commissioned a 466kW solar power plant at its Willowvale industrial complex in the capital, the largest commercial and industrial carport and roof mount installation of its kind to be deployed in the country, signalling easement of the country's energy challenges. Zimbabwe could make huge savings on energy …
The high-resolution wind resource map for South Africa was launched on Wednesday at the final Wind Atlas for South Africa (WASA) Seminar. In the keynote address, delivered by Ompi Aphane on behalf of the Department Of Energy's Director General, he noted that wind energy remains an integral part of South …
States have been providing misleading data to save on transmission charges of electricity, a report published by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) pointed out. A CERC task force formed to review the methodology of computing charges for using inter-state transmission systems (ISTS) pointed out that under the existing system, …
Power outages are frequent and random in Nigeria. To solve this problem, a university in Nigeria has built an organic waste power-generating plant to provide electricity to the whole university. This is the first such innovation by a Nigerian university to help address the power shortage in that country. Recently, …
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe today launched the first industrial solar plant in the country at its Willowvale complex in Harare, as the company moves towards clean and reliable energy. The 466 KW solar plant will operate under a 25 year Independent Power Producer (IPP) License which will enable the company to …
Protea Heights Academy in Cape Town will be the first school in the Western Cape to have solar power installed, with no upfront or ongoing operational costs, the Western Cape Education Department announced on Wednesday. The project is being conducted in conjunction with global solar micro-leasing marketplace, The Sun Exchange, …
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 is in Cabinda for a working visit, said he is in the province to identify areas of the electricity sub-sector …
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 the largest in the world, and the largest in Europe. The new floating solar park will …
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. Their article, titled "Fine-scale damage estimates of particulate matter air pollution reveal opportunities for location-specific mitigation of emissions," …
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 almost 1.5 million public sector power employees Sunday. The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has written to leaders of the Bharatiya …
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 have removed extra costs (surcharges) imposed on such transactions from solar and wind units. In the April-February …
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. The project is also supported through a $66 million Multi-Donor Trust Fund administered by the World Bank. With …
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 households which have access to electricity, 37 percent are connected to the national grid while 14 …
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 starting next year. Sydney had already set significant climate targets for itself, including a 50% renewable electricity …
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 level of awareness, according to a new report by Deloitte and Climate Investment Fund (CIF). A well-conceived walk-through survey …
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 required have occurred historically when systems reached a transformation point: the moment when a previously novel technology, behaviour or market model achieved …
South Africa’s rolling blackouts are costing the country tens of millions of dollars a day in lost productivity, say energy experts. While South Africa’s energy industry pushes for increasing its coal-fired capacity, renewable energy providers say it would do better to take advantage of the African sun and wind. But …
ZAMBIA needs an investment of about US$8 billion to produce 1,200 megawatts of power. National Energy Programme Implementation Organisation (NAPIO) national coordinator Reuben Katebe said Government has partnered with a Russian institution, which will finance part of the project. Dr Katebe was speaking on Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation http://epaper.daily-mail.co.zm/
SA’s drive to boost the renewable energy sector has received a boost following the signing of a $300m loan agreement between the New Development Bank (NDB) and Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) designed to support the sector. The NDB and Eskom also formally signed the loan agreement for the …
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