A business plan competition for entrepreneurs that deliver access to clean energy in Africa.
Clean energy comprises: wind, solar, biogas, hydro, liquefied petroleum gas, biomass and energy efficiency. Non-renewable energies are not excluded but the approaches to en…
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Added by Bas Vlugt on November 3, 2009 at 2:30pm —
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Today Africa Business Communities launches the
Africa Business Women Network.
All African business women - and African women who want to start a business - are more than welcome to join!
Follow this link to visit the Africa Business Women Network:…
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Added by Bas Vlugt on October 1, 2009 at 10:13am —
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Biodiesel produced from local vegetable oils. What are the possibilities and what are the constraints? How to produce it? What are the possible feedstocks and what are the technical consequences of different kind of oils and fats? What is a sound production and storage? And how can the quality be secured? What are the demands? How is the market developping? What are the new trends and techniques?
Questions that we, Biodiesel Professionals, can answer from our…
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Added by Bas Vlugt on July 28, 2009 at 5:00pm —
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In 2008
Philips donated free of charge a large number of its new
Solar Uday systems to vulnerable families in the north of Ghana as part of the Affordab…
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Added by Bas Vlugt on July 28, 2009 at 1:30pm —
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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…
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Added by Bas Vlugt on May 31, 2009 at 10:00am —
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To many people, the term "biogas" is something they come across sometime in their secondary school education and is quickly forgotten once examinations are over. But there is immense energy potential for the country if biogas is harnessed and used for the development of the nation...
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Added by Bas Vlugt on October 10, 2008 at 8:07am —
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IRIN - Investing in solar energy could bring electricity to millions of Senegalese, significantly reduce electricity bills in the long term, and attract millions of dollars in development funding under the UN-brokered Clean Development Mechanism, says the UN, but only if investors step in.
Spiralling fuel costs, with oil prices at US$90 a barrel increase the urgency to go solar. “If you reduce these [fuel] oil import costs,…
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Added by Bas Vlugt on October 10, 2008 at 8:04am —
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Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc.'s German solar photovoltaic partner Asola signed an exclusive agreement to establish a joint venture in Morocco, to ensure availability of solar photovoltaic modules in support of the growing demand for renewable energy in Northern African countries....
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Added by Bas Vlugt on October 10, 2008 at 8:01am —
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THE European Union (EU) has given con ditions that must be met if Nigeria is to enjoy intervention in the energy sector from its member countries...
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Added by Bas Vlugt on October 10, 2008 at 7:59am —
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Ethiopia on Thursday signed a 220-million-euro (300 million dollar) deal with a French company for the construction of Africa's largest wind farm. The contract was inked by representatives of the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPC) and French wind turbine manufacturer Vergnet...
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Added by Bas Vlugt on October 10, 2008 at 7:58am —
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The energy crisis in Nigeria is one of the many areas where the failure of government to address the needs of the governed has created real confidence problem for successive administrations...
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Added by Bas Vlugt on October 9, 2008 at 10:00am —
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James Ogunleye writes on the renewable energy issue which has now become a household name in Africa, with each country trying to find an alternative to the use of fossil fuel in generating electricity, transportation, and to meet other increasing demand of energy needs...
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Added by Bas Vlugt on October 7, 2008 at 10:40pm —
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Kenya is turning to cheaper geothermal power generation to deal with the biting energy crisis brought home by high fuel prices and thinning electricity reserves...
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Added by Bas Vlugt on October 7, 2008 at 10:38pm —
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Summit TV speaks to Ernst & Young sector head of power and utilities Norman Ndaba about why South Africa is being left behind in the global race to develop a biofuels industry...
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Added by Bas Vlugt on October 7, 2008 at 10:36pm —
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It is not a hard proposition to imagine that the continent of Africa has a large potential for being a generator of solar power. Just the ads from eager humanitarian organizations would shed a measure of light on the apparent vast stretches of nothing being drenched in sunlight....
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Added by Bas Vlugt on October 2, 2008 at 8:07am —
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By Merième Addou, AfricaNews reporter in Rabat. Morocco plans to invest some 2.2 billion euros in renewable energies over the next five years. The Moroccan National Electricity Office, ONE, clearly shows its intention to be one of the global players operating in the development of renewable energy and thereby increase its energy production.
The country plans to increase its production of renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, hydro, thermal or wave, to 10 percent in 2012 from four…
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Added by Bas Vlugt on October 1, 2008 at 11:30am —
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West African legislators worried by climate change and soaring energy costs want regional leaders to back plans to harness sun and wind energy that experts say could bring electricity to some of the poorest people on earth...
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Added by Bas Vlugt on September 24, 2008 at 6:21pm —
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On Sept. 8 the African Union Commission and the European Commission jointly established an Africa-EU energy partnership that could attract more than €1 billion in EU funds for concrete energy investments in Africa...
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Added by Bas Vlugt on September 24, 2008 at 5:53pm —
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Utilizing the many sources of energy in Africa is the best safeguard against the negative effects of climate change. This was a key message from the international conference on climate change and employment in Nairobi, staged by The Africa Commission...
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Added by Bas Vlugt on September 24, 2008 at 5:52pm —
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African mobile operators are collaborating with the Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) to launch a green power initiative, said GSMA CEO and board member Rob Conway in a statement...
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Added by Bas Vlugt on September 24, 2008 at 5:50pm —
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