Africa

October 15, 2021 0

Climate Finance Faces $75-Billion Gap as COP 26 Looms

With the opening of this year’s United Nations climate change conference, COP 26, less than 1,000 hours away, the world’s poorest, most vulnerable countries are facing down a six-year, […]

August 9, 2021 0

Distillery buys two biogas engines that will boost bioethanol production

Clarke Energy has secured the sale of two INNIO Jenbacher biogas engines for ethanol production. The agreement with Press Cane, a distillery based in Malawi, will see the site generate […]

January 29, 2021 0

Floating solar panels on 1% of reservoirs ‘could double’ Africa’s hydropower capacity

Solar panels floating on the lakes formed by Africa’s hydropower dams could be a major new source of power, according to a new study. If these panels covered just 1% […]

December 11, 2020 0

World still warms in 2020 as greenhouse gases fall

Greenhouse gases have fallen during 2020. But that’s no reason for congratulations, in a year of climate drama. LONDON, 11 December, 2020 − The year of the coronavirus − the […]

October 29, 2020 0

Africa’s resistance grows as climate crisis worsens

Battered by storms and droughts during a tough 2019, Africa’s resistance to the climate crisis left no room for passivity. LONDON, 29 October, 2020 – Attempting to come to any […]

July 13, 2020 0

Why Africa’s heatwaves are a forgotten impact of climate change

Recent summers have demonstrated dramatically that heatwaves are not only deadly, but they are already being influenced by human-induced climate change. Research into heatwaves across the world has confirmed that […]

May 22, 2020 0

Tropical forests can still store ‘high levels’ of carbon under 2C of warming

The world’s tropical rainforests will still be able to soak up “high levels” of CO2 in the future, but only if they are left intact and global warming is limited […]

April 4, 2020 0

Energy Storage is the key to energy access in East Africa

Pumped hydro dams are prominently used as energy storage in East Africa, but that is changing with the increase in renewable energy and battery energy storage systems. The Eastern Africa […]

December 18, 2019 0

African Development Bank to support hydro-power project in Madagascar

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has agreed to support Madagascar’s Sahofika hydro-power project with partial risk guarantee (PRG) of $100m. Located on the Onive River, 100km south-east of the capital […]

December 5, 2019 0

Eni signs MoU to investigate castor cultivation for sustainable biofuels in Tunisia

Italian energy giant Eni has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Societè National de Distribution des Petroles (SNDP) in Tunisia, to collaboration on the cultivation of castor to […]