Keynote speakers at IRENA@EXPO 2017. (Image source: Irena)
Government and private sector leaders assemble to unlock geothermal’s 200GW of potential
Ministerial meeting in Italy to scale-up geothermal energy worldwide
Energy
BEC selected for providing energy solution in Liberia
Totota is a rural community located approximately 80 miles from the capital city of Monrovia. (Image source: Cision Pr Newswire)
Bandera Electric Cooperative was selected by NRECA International to design and procure a solar and energy storage solution for Totota, Liberia, located 160km east of the capital, Monrovia
Tanzania calls for bids to construct Rufiji hydro project
Rufiji River in Selous in Tanzania. (Image source: Mr Martineau/Flickr)
Tanzania has opened a new tender for the construction of Rufiji hydropower project at Stieglers Gorge, a move that will see the construction of the largest dam in Tanzania along the Rufiji River in the Selous Game Reserve
Increased oil production set to help economic growth in Ghana
Enis Sankofa project has contributed to an optimistic oil outlook for Ghana. (Image Source: Eni/Flickr)
Ghana is expected to report a recovery of growth in 2017-18, with increased oil production being among the contributing factors, according to an International Monetary Fund (IMF) executive board review
Ghana converts nuclear research reactor from HEU to LEU fuel
35kW Miniature Neutron Source Reactor. (Image source: China Institute of Atomic Energy)
Ghana has become the first of the five countries operating a Chinese-supplied Miniature Neutron Source Reactor (MNSR) to successfully convert and repatriate its irradiated HEU core to China