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#COP28: Zambia's first green bond to be issued by year-end by Copperbelt Energy Corp

By Chris Mfula 6 Dec 2023

Namibia breaks ground on continent's first green iron facility

Namibia breaks ground on continent's first green iron facility

By Nyasha Nyaungwa 7 Nov 2023

Renewable energy continued to grow, gain momentum in 2021

Renewable energy continued to grow, gain momentum in 2021

4 May 2022

Clean energy transition must be fast and fair, IPCC scientists say

Clean energy transition must be fast and fair, IPCC scientists say

Laurie Goering 5 Apr 2022

Planting trees can help the climate, but only if we also stop burning fossil fuels

Planting trees can help the climate, but only if we also stop burning fossil fuels

H. Damon Matthews, Amy Luers and Kirsten Zickfeld 1 Apr 2022

$5.7tn investment in energy transition needed per year until 2030 - Irena outlook

$5.7tn investment in energy transition needed per year until 2030 - Irena outlook

29 Mar 2022

Biofuel: How new microalgae technologies can hasten the end of our reliance on oil

Biofuel: How new microalgae technologies can hasten the end of our reliance on oil

Callum Russell 29 Mar 2022

Anglo American reduces emissions by 10% in sea trial using biofuel, VLSFO blend

Anglo American reduces emissions by 10% in sea trial using biofuel, VLSFO blend

17 Mar 2022

How Africa can ride the green wave and lift itself out of energy poverty

How Africa can ride the green wave and lift itself out of energy poverty

Sindy Peters 16 Mar 2022

#AfricaEnergyIndaba: 'Africa must define its own just energy transition' - Mantashe

#AfricaEnergyIndaba: 'Africa must define its own just energy transition' - Mantashe

1 Mar 2022

An energy revolution is possible - but only if leaders get imaginative about how to fund it

An energy revolution is possible - but only if leaders get imaginative about how to fund it

Michael Grubb 20 Jan 2022

Source: © Image supplied. An aerial site view of the Enel Green Power’s (EGP) Ngonye solar plant

A first for sub-Saharan Africa: Zambia's sun-tracking solar panels

13 Jan 2022

WEC Projects to use natural processes at Botswana mine sewage treatment facility

WEC Projects to use natural processes at Botswana mine sewage treatment facility

30 Dec 2021

Legacy energy infrastructure: The hidden threat to our climate

Legacy energy infrastructure: The hidden threat to our climate

Vladimir Milovanovic 9 Dec 2021

DLA Piper releases Africa Energy Futures: Horizon 2030 report

DLA Piper releases Africa Energy Futures: Horizon 2030 report

3 Dec 2021

New report: WGC members contributed billions to local economies in 2020

New report: WGC members contributed billions to local economies in 2020

30 Nov 2021

Ending gas financing for Africa will be a fatal blow, says Senegal

Ending gas financing for Africa will be a fatal blow, says Senegal

Bate Felix and Edward McAllister 30 Nov 2021

IWiM releases inaugural report detailing achievements, societal impact

IWiM releases inaugural report detailing achievements, societal impact

22 Nov 2021

#COP26: With funds short, Africans weigh green energy switch and fossil fuel cash

#COP26: With funds short, Africans weigh green energy switch and fossil fuel cash

Kim Harrisberg and Nita Bhalla 2 Nov 2021

More jobs to be gained by energy transition than lost - Irena, ILO

More jobs to be gained by energy transition than lost - Irena, ILO

26 Oct 2021

Africa on the cusp of a new energy paradigm - Kearney paper

Africa on the cusp of a new energy paradigm - Kearney paper

12 Oct 2021

Top 10 renewable energy projects in MSBGC region

Top 10 renewable energy projects in MSBGC region

Charné Hundermark 6 Oct 2021

Nairobi's fuel dispensers replace charcoal, kerosene with biofuel

Nairobi's fuel dispensers replace charcoal, kerosene with biofuel

Jackson Njehia 4 Oct 2021

China will no longer build overseas coal power plants - what energy projects will it invest in instead?

China will no longer build overseas coal power plants - what energy projects will it invest in instead?

Yixian Sun 4 Oct 2021

Senegal: Boosting the role of women in the energy sector

Senegal: Boosting the role of women in the energy sector

29 Sep 2021

AOG 2021 Women in Energy panel highlights role of women in energy development

AOG 2021 Women in Energy panel highlights role of women in energy development

20 Sep 2021

Kenya making significant progress with renewable energy

Kenya making significant progress with renewable energy

14 Sep 2021

Source: ©jarous

Gold miners commit to climate risk reporting

10 Sep 2021

Renewable energy projects in rural Ghana have some built-in limitations

Renewable energy projects in rural Ghana have some built-in limitations

Dr Basil Amuzu-Sefordzi 8 Sep 2021

Electricity is vital for improving the quality of life of many in rural sub-Saharan Africa.
Source: USAID_images/Flickr

Banning fossil fuels in sub-Saharan Africa could slow the transition to renewable energy

Samuel Ayokunle Olówósejéjé 16 Jul 2021

Australia's Fortescue in talks on giant Congo hydro project

Australia's Fortescue in talks on giant Congo hydro project

Melanie Burton and Hereward Holland 15 Jun 2021

Why renewable energy won't end energy poverty in Zimbabwe

Why renewable energy won't end energy poverty in Zimbabwe

Ellen Fungisai Chipango 30 Apr 2021

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Renewable energy continued to grow, gain momentum in 2021

Renewable energy continued to grow, gain momentum in 2021

4 May 2022

Clean energy transition must be fast and fair, IPCC scientists say

Clean energy transition must be fast and fair, IPCC scientists say

Laurie Goering 5 Apr 2022

Planting trees can help the climate, but only if we also stop burning fossil fuels

Planting trees can help the climate, but only if we also stop burning fossil fuels

H. Damon Matthews, Amy Luers and Kirsten Zickfeld 1 Apr 2022

$5.7tn investment in energy transition needed per year until 2030 - Irena outlook

$5.7tn investment in energy transition needed per year until 2030 - Irena outlook

29 Mar 2022

Biofuel: How new microalgae technologies can hasten the end of our reliance on oil

Biofuel: How new microalgae technologies can hasten the end of our reliance on oil

Callum Russell 29 Mar 2022

Anglo American reduces emissions by 10% in sea trial using biofuel, VLSFO blend

Anglo American reduces emissions by 10% in sea trial using biofuel, VLSFO blend

17 Mar 2022

How Africa can ride the green wave and lift itself out of energy poverty

How Africa can ride the green wave and lift itself out of energy poverty

Sindy Peters 16 Mar 2022

#AfricaEnergyIndaba: 'Africa must define its own just energy transition' - Mantashe

#AfricaEnergyIndaba: 'Africa must define its own just energy transition' - Mantashe

1 Mar 2022

An energy revolution is possible - but only if leaders get imaginative about how to fund it

An energy revolution is possible - but only if leaders get imaginative about how to fund it

Michael Grubb 20 Jan 2022

Source: © Image supplied. An aerial site view of the Enel Green Power’s (EGP) Ngonye solar plant

A first for sub-Saharan Africa: Zambia's sun-tracking solar panels

13 Jan 2022

WEC Projects to use natural processes at Botswana mine sewage treatment facility

WEC Projects to use natural processes at Botswana mine sewage treatment facility

30 Dec 2021

Legacy energy infrastructure: The hidden threat to our climate

Legacy energy infrastructure: The hidden threat to our climate

Vladimir Milovanovic 9 Dec 2021

DLA Piper releases Africa Energy Futures: Horizon 2030 report

DLA Piper releases Africa Energy Futures: Horizon 2030 report

3 Dec 2021

New report: WGC members contributed billions to local economies in 2020

New report: WGC members contributed billions to local economies in 2020

30 Nov 2021

Ending gas financing for Africa will be a fatal blow, says Senegal

Ending gas financing for Africa will be a fatal blow, says Senegal

Bate Felix and Edward McAllister 30 Nov 2021

IWiM releases inaugural report detailing achievements, societal impact

IWiM releases inaugural report detailing achievements, societal impact

22 Nov 2021

#COP26: With funds short, Africans weigh green energy switch and fossil fuel cash

#COP26: With funds short, Africans weigh green energy switch and fossil fuel cash

Kim Harrisberg and Nita Bhalla 2 Nov 2021

More jobs to be gained by energy transition than lost - Irena, ILO

More jobs to be gained by energy transition than lost - Irena, ILO

26 Oct 2021

Africa on the cusp of a new energy paradigm - Kearney paper

Africa on the cusp of a new energy paradigm - Kearney paper

12 Oct 2021

Top 10 renewable energy projects in MSBGC region

Top 10 renewable energy projects in MSBGC region

Charné Hundermark 6 Oct 2021

Nairobi's fuel dispensers replace charcoal, kerosene with biofuel

Nairobi's fuel dispensers replace charcoal, kerosene with biofuel

Jackson Njehia 4 Oct 2021

China will no longer build overseas coal power plants - what energy projects will it invest in instead?

China will no longer build overseas coal power plants - what energy projects will it invest in instead?

Yixian Sun 4 Oct 2021

Senegal: Boosting the role of women in the energy sector

Senegal: Boosting the role of women in the energy sector

29 Sep 2021

AOG 2021 Women in Energy panel highlights role of women in energy development

AOG 2021 Women in Energy panel highlights role of women in energy development

20 Sep 2021

Kenya making significant progress with renewable energy

Kenya making significant progress with renewable energy

14 Sep 2021

Source: ©jarous

Gold miners commit to climate risk reporting

10 Sep 2021

Renewable energy projects in rural Ghana have some built-in limitations

Renewable energy projects in rural Ghana have some built-in limitations

Dr Basil Amuzu-Sefordzi 8 Sep 2021

Electricity is vital for improving the quality of life of many in rural sub-Saharan Africa.
Source: USAID_images/Flickr

Banning fossil fuels in sub-Saharan Africa could slow the transition to renewable energy

Samuel Ayokunle Olówósejéjé 16 Jul 2021

Australia's Fortescue in talks on giant Congo hydro project

Australia's Fortescue in talks on giant Congo hydro project

Melanie Burton and Hereward Holland 15 Jun 2021

Why renewable energy won't end energy poverty in Zimbabwe

Why renewable energy won't end energy poverty in Zimbabwe

Ellen Fungisai Chipango 30 Apr 2021

Ethiopian protestors march down 42nd Street in New York during a “It’s my Dam” protest on March 11, 2021. Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images

Solar and wind power could break the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam deadlock

Sebastian Sterl 19 Apr 2021

Scaling up bioenergy production could substantially raise water stress - new study

Scaling up bioenergy production could substantially raise water stress - new study

12 Mar 2021

Mega co-located trade show set for Joburg in November

Mega co-located trade show set for Joburg in November

10 Feb 2021

AfDB approves funding for mini-grid advancement in Africa

AfDB approves funding for mini-grid advancement in Africa

31 Dec 2020

Grid or solar: looking for the best energy solution for the rural poor

Grid or solar: looking for the best energy solution for the rural poor

Jörg Peters and Maximiliane Sievert 30 Dec 2020

AfDB approves Desert-to-Power technical support programme

AfDB approves Desert-to-Power technical support programme

28 Dec 2020

#BestofBiz 2020: Energy & Mining

#BestofBiz 2020: Energy & Mining

14 Dec 2020

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

Bizcommunity.com 26 Oct 2020

Photo: Thor Explorations

Walking the ESG talk in the Nigerian mining industry

16 Oct 2020

Lagos only gets about 10% of its electricity needs, leaving its 20-million inhabitants to their own devices. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

What Nigeria's poor power supply really costs and how a hybrid system could work for business

Samuel Ayokunle Olówósejéjé 23 Sep 2020

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