Multiple African countries are embracing energy diversity as a means of meeting the multiple challenges for powering the continent at a domestic, commercial and industrial level
Energy diversity a priority across Africa
Energy
USTDA supports geothermal project development in Zambia
USTDA supports geothermal project development in Zambia. (Image source: Max Pixel)
The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has signed a US$1.5mn grant with Kalahari GeoEnergy Limited, a Zambian geothermal development company, for a feasibility study supporting the development of a 10-20 MW geothermal power plant
AfDB grants US$23.25mn for Liberia’s renewable energy sector
The annual average households electricity consumption currently stands at 510kWh for an average family of five persons in Liberia. (Image source: World Bank Photo Collection/Flickr)
The AfDB has granted Liberia US$23.25mn through the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) for the construction of a 9.8MW hydropower plant at Gbedin Falls on the Mano River, with an aim to transform the renewable energy sector in the country
“MEA to have 40GW of wind-power capacity by 2026”
MAKE’s analysis addresses the global trend of declining renewable energy prices to add to the emerging economies and markets. (Image source: Jeanne Menjoulet/Flickr)
MAKE consulting has recently reported that the wind-power capacity in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region amounted to 676MW in 2016, compared to 682MW in 2015, and has forecasted the region’s capacity to install nearly 40GW of new wind-power capacity from 2017 to 2026
Aggreko's bio-diesel helps keep Britain's best-known music festival running
One year difference in these pictures of the same Glastonbury festival site. (Image source: Aggreko)
Glastonbury, Britain’s best-known music festival has once again opened its gates, this year with sunny days and balmy temperatures