Africa has “excellent conditions” for solar power, according to the World Bank’s Global Solar Atlas – yet only 9% of the continent’s energy supply comes from renewables. For investors, this disconnect marks massive potential for establishing Africa’s renewable energy sector. BP projects that around 30% of Africa’s energy production will be derived from solar by…
Critical minerals are essential for the development of renewable energy technologies such as solar panels, wind turbines, green hydrogen, electric vehicles (EVs), and battery storage, and Africa’s mineral wealth has the potential to benefit not only the continent, but to provide a foundation for the global energy transition. Accounting for more than 85% of most solar…
The uptake for grid-scale renewable energy across Africa is uneven. Predictably, the larger economies that boast the most significant growth, as they seek to meet fast-growing demand and diversify away from fossil fuel at the same time. South Africa, Egypt and Morocco are among the leaders. These countries also tend to have relatively sophisticated regulatory…
Africa is breaking apart – literally. From the Gulf of Aden in the north, all the way to Mozambique in the south, the African continental plate is splitting along the East African Rift Valley. The two halves of the continent are moving apart by around half a centimetre a year. At this rate, within five…
Kenya Power will buy a fleet of electric vehicles and motorcycles as the utility steps up its ambitious shift to clean transport in the next four years. The State-owned power distributor last week invited firms to supply four electric double cabin pick-up trucks, four light utility vehicles and 30 motorcycles, marking the start of its…
More than three years after the completion of the last mile connectivity project that linked more than 1.5 million people to the electricity grid in Kenya, there are yet to be any economic benefits for the beneficiaries and the country. The African Development Bank (AfDB) says the project’s end goal of spurring economic development in…
UAE-headquartered solar firm Ignite Power has announced the acquisition of Kenya’s Mwezi Solar’s portfolio in the local market. The acquisition is set to open the leeway for Ignite Power to expand its presence in the country as it seeks to incorporate Mwezi’s existing portfolio into its standard operating procedures while aiming to increase its…
The Kenya Electricity Generating Company(Kengen) has commenced the search for a new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer following Rebecca Miano’s exit in October last year. Miano exited the role after she was appointed Cabinet Secretary for East African Community, Arid and Semi-Arid Lands, and Regional Development. Following her exit, Abraham Serem has been serving…
African SCENe (Sustainable Community Energy Networks) is a 12-month feasibility study that will identify schools within low-income suburban communities in Nairobi that could become clean-energy hubs. These hubs will generate, store and distribute clean, renewable energy for the communities in which they serve, accelerating access to adequate, affordable and reliable light in the evenings and…
Tesla says that global energy requirements will drop by 50 per cent with the transition to more efficient renewable energy, batteries and electric vehicles . “Most people assume that an electrified civilisation requires the same or more energy than a fossil fuel economy. That is not true,” Tesla says in its newly released 2022 Impact…
