Archive for the ‘Wind Energy’ category
Ghana to Pursue Renewables, Solar Power for Kenya Schools
Below is a roundup of news from or about Sub-Saharan Africa for the period: 31 December 2009–13 January 2010, as compiled by the Science and Development Network (Scidev).
Tanzanian text message project monitors antimalarial stocks
A mobile phone initiative has been launched to increase the availability of antimalarials in remote areas of Tanzania. SMS for Life — [...]
Corruption, Counterfeits Threaten Kenya’s Green Energy Drive
An announcement this week by prime minister Raila Odinga that the Kenyan government planned to provide free to the public energy saving light bulbs as part of efforts to address growing energy requirements is stirring the country’s alternative energy market.
A new trend marking a shift to alternative energy products by industry players is quickly emerging.
Stores [...]
Africa Gains as Trends in Green Energy Investment Shift
Africa gained significantly in 2008 as some $155 billion was invested in clean energy companies and projects worldwide, not including large hydro, a new report says.
Quite a number of these investments were in developing nations, North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa included.
However, in comparison, investments in other developing regions of the world, notably Latin America and [...]
East Africa Power Pool Plan to Boost Generation
A regional power pool estimated to cost $1 billion has been planned to help curb power shortage and lower costs by realizing East Africa’s full generation potential.
The pool will see the six East Africa countries interconnect their power generation sources in an effort to transfer power from countries with surpluses to deficit countries such as [...]
Analysts Urge Government Support for Sustainability of Renewable Energy Sector
Government support for renewable energy projects is crucial for their long term stability in the face of the current global financial crunch, analysts have said.
Global analyst company, Frost & Sullivan, is predicting widespread slowdown especially in the wind energy sector and this was recently demonstrated by oil giant Shell’s decision to downscale its investments in [...]
