A biogas plant will be constructed in Kenya. (Photo: LianeM)
Construction for a biogas plant in Kenya which started in November last year on a five acre plot of land donated by a local housing co-operative
Landfill gas in Africa - Why is it not reaching its potential? (Image source: Clarke Energy)
The utilisation of landfill gas for power generation is well established internationally as a method of generating base-load renewable electricity. Other forms of renewables such as wind and solar struggle to generate consistency due to the intermittency of the energy source wind or the suns rays. The African continent lags massively behind the thousands of megawatts installed globally, with only a handful of megawatts of power generated from landfill gas across the continent
Transformer Oil Regeneration Unit CMM-12R at electricity substation. (Image source: Globecore)
GlobeCore: Oil Regeneration Extends Transformer Life by 20 Years
Globecore GmbH, a German company, manufactures equipment which extends power transformer service life by 20 years
Fenix International reach 100,000 pay-to-own solar customers in Uganda. (Image source: Flame PR)
Fenix International has reached 100,000 customers, twice the amount that they had this time 12 months ago
World map of states related to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Green represents the Member States, turquoise the signatory states and states in accession. (Image source: Diatarveden/Commons)
Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) have announced on 14 January that Niger, along with the Marshall Islands, Seychelles and the Solomon Islands, will recieve US$44.5mn in funding to develop local renewable projects