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 …
In Agome-Sevah, a village in the southeast of Togo, farmers are now smiling and hope to rise out of poverty due to solar electricity installed in the entire village by four illiterate women. Adjoa Amegbleame, 38 and mother of seven, was singing and filled with enthusiasm selling doughnuts to a …
Mercy Corps-Liberia Country Director, Kwesi Gyeabour said statistics have shown that only two percent of the country’s entire population have access to renewable energy, which they use separately to illuminate the home and also cook their food. Based on that, Mercy Corps has focused its key and strategic plans on …
In East Africa, Eritrea plans to launch two solar hybrid power systems that will provide grid quality electricity to 40,000 people and businesses in the towns of Areza and Maidma. In an effort to aid the country in bringing power to those without grid connections the EU, UNDP, and the …
This paper provides a framework for companies seeking to demonstrate leadership in the transition towards a clean energy economy powered by 100% renewable electricity. It draws on best practice already being implemented by leading companies working to source 100% renewable electricity as part of RE100, an initiative led by The …
From orderly rows of solar panels in a field in the West Bank to the chaotic rooftops of Gaza, Palestinians are hoping that harnessing the energy of the sun can reduce their dependence on Israel for electricity. The West Bank only gets around three-quarters of the power its 3 million …
This report is based on the Survey on Unincorporated Non-Agricultural Enterprises (Excluding Construction) conducted in the 73rd round of NSS during July 2015 to June 2016. The survey was conducted over whole Indian Union with a sample of 290113 enterprises (143179 enterprises from 8488 villages and 146934 enterprises from 7860 …
India has installed just about 2,538 megawatt (MW) of the targeted 40,000 megawatt (MW) of rooftop solar power capacity by 2022 With less than four years left to meet its target of installing 40,000 megawatt (MW) of rooftop solar power capacity by 2022, India has installed just about 2,538 MW …
Work is progressing steadily on the extension of electricity supply from the national grid to about 20 mainly deprived communities in the Offinso North District of the Ashanti Region. Thanks to Mr Augustine Collins Ntim, Member of Parliament for the area and Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development …
The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company has received six bids for the Kom Ombo project in Egypt, according to PV Magazine. The lowest bid came from Fotowatio Renewable Ventures, a solar developer with headquarters in Spain. It is part of Abdul Latif Jameel Energy, which is based in the United Arab …
Tunisia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy has extended the deadline for project proposals for a 70MW solar tender by two months, from 15 August to 18 October 2018. The tender was initially announced at the end of May and concerns six projects of 10MW capacity and another 10 of 1MW, …
$600m investment of projects, implementation will be according to BOO system Mohamed Farag 12 hours ago 0 Comments The cabinet will be settling the offer made by Saudi Aquapower to establish wind turbines with a capacity of 500 MW within a week. Government sources told Daily News Egypt that the …
French multinational electric utility company, ENGIE, has signed an agreement with financial institution CDC to deploy eight hybrid solar power plants in Gabon, representing a combined capacity of 2.2MW. The implemented solution will be developed by ENGIE’s subsidiary, Ausar Energy in collaboration with CDC, the Gabonese Ministry of Energy, and …
Kenyans can expect to pay less for electricity upon the inauguration of the region’s largest solar plant next month, in the northeastern part of the country. The 55MW Garissa plant comes as East Africa is increasingly feeding solar into the national grid, and two years after the launch of Uganda’s …
Higher thermal power output will continue to meet the increasing electricity demand in the country, India Ratings said today in a report. According to the study, the increase in power demand has been met through higher electricity generation (excluding from renewable sources), which increased 4.7 per cent year-on-year to 102.1 …
Kenya is considering a series of legal and regulatory reforms to boost the uptake of clean energy, a senior government official said on Thursday. John Munyes, cabinet secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Mining, told a petroleum forum in Nairobi that a new draft legal notice will enhance regulations …
A raft of driving factors, including increased demand for electricity and the decreasing cost of wind power, is set to see the wind energy industry soar across Africa and could see the industry add 30 gigawatts (GW) worth of new capacity over the next decade. A new report published by …
Hend Farrouh, the manager of Small Solar Energy Projects Systems, said that a project related to the solar energy systems connected to the grid is currently under implementation, in order to support the use of solar cells smaller than 500 kW, especially decentralised generation plants installed on roofs of residential, …
This overview provides a detailed look at energy developments based on complete supply and demand data for 2016 for 150 countries and regions and where available provisional official supply or production data for 2017. In 2016, global energy demand as measured by TPES increased slightly compared to 2015 (+0.7%) to …
Water, energy, and agriculture have been conventionally dealt with separately in investment planning. For each of these sectors, regulatory frameworks, organizations, and infrastructures have been put in place to address sector-specific challenges and demands. As the Middle East and North Africa works towards building a more sustainable future, a nexus …
Mumbai suburban power consumers may end up paying about Rs 2,000 crore to Reliance Power via the Mumbai power distribution business in the next couple of years. This recovery is likely to be made from consumers under the head 'Adjustment of Rate of Energy Charge (REC) or Fuel Surcharge Adjustment'. …
