Posts Tagged ‘sustainable power’
Nuru Lights Pedals Toward Clean Energy in Africa
By Tina Casey*
A clean energy startup called Nuru Lights has come up with a low cost pedal-powered LED light kit that is designed to help households in East Africa and India ditch their kerosene lamps.
Kerosene lamps are ubiquitous in the developing world. They’re a notorious fire hazard and can cause carbon monoxide poisoning when [...]
Africa Lagging Behind in Green Energy Economy Development – UN
Africa is lagging behind the rest of the world in developing renewable energy projects with initiatives aimed at producing clean and ‘green’ energy remaining largely under-exploited, warned a new report released today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
A UNEP assessment noted that the entire continent has just over 120 carbon market projects up [...]
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 [...]
Mixed Views on Sustainability of Jatropha as Biofuel
By Dave Harcourt*
Three different news items highlight the vast differences in viewpoint and the continuing uncertainty around the farming of Jatropha by small scale farmers as a feedstock for Europe’s refineries moving towards meeting the EU’s renewable liquid fuel goals.
Clarity on What Jatropha Can Deliver
At the recent Africa Biofuels Conference in Midrand South Africa, Vincent [...]
Sustainer, the Biodiesel Retrofit Ideal for Africa
By Bas Vlugt*
The Sustainer is a unique solution to produce fuel and electricity in remote rural areas, for example in the African countryside where only 5 to 20 percent of the population have electricity.
In many of these situations, access to energy would facilitate development, higher productivity and better education. Moreover, locally available resources can be [...]
