Energy

Smart automation control platforms are essential for future power generation

The main aim for an active VPP is to combine the control of different sources of renewable energy with one effective monitoring and visualisation interface - in order to guarantee a stable energy network. (Image source: Getty Images/ME-Automation Projects GmbH)

Integration of new power generation sources as they develop over the next decade will require advanced automation to create intelligent systems and find increased efficiency on a macro and micro scale

Energy diversity a priority across Africa

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

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 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

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