The project aims to catalyse a renewable energy transformation in Kenyan tea-producing regions to stop deforestation, create sustainable, long-term employment for energy entrepreneurs, and improve health outcomes as well as jobs in tea farming communities. (Image source: Rainforest Alliance)
The Rainforest Alliance’s project to develop safe and accessible renewable energy sources is helping Kenya to conserve native forests and ensure healthier smoke-free homes
The Nigerian government believes that the project will deliver improved power supply from the current five megawatts to 25MW nationwide. (Image source: Scottslm/Pixabay)
President Muhammad Buhari had directed the Ministries of Power, the Finance Ministry and the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) to commence with Siemens for the pre engineering and concessionary financing aspects of the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI)
An expected nine per cent decline in electricity network investment this year compounds a large fall in 2019. (Image source: Scott/Pixabay)
The COVID-19 pandemic has set in motion the largest drop in global energy investment in history, with spending expected to plunge in every major sector this year – from fossil fuels to renewables and efficiency, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA)
Despite the slowdown in new additions, overall global renewable power capacity still grows by six per cent in 2020. (Image source: teresa cotrim/Pixabay)
In 2020, the world is set to add 167GW of renewable power capacity this year, 13 per cent less than in 2019, according to the IEA’s Renewable Market Update report
The multipurpose dam will supply 60,000 cu/m of water to around 400,000 people. (Image source: Neville Nel/Flickr)
The Nigerian government has approved a loan of US$120mn to complete Kashimbila dam to boost power supply in the country and contribute additional 40MW to the national grid