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India is building what it boasts will be the world’s largest renewable power plant. Photo: Money SHARMA / AFP/File Source: AFP Vast lines of solar panels reflect the blazing sun in India’s western deserts, a dazzling ocean broken only by bristling wind turbines. India, along its desolate border with Pakistan, is building what it boasts
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By Umar Akilu Majeri, Dutse Jigawa State Governor, Malam Umar Namadi, has officially launched the drilling of 47 solar-powered boreholes across three local government areas Birnin Kudu, Gumel, and Hadejia as part of the World Bank-assisted Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) Project. The initiative, which includes the provision of additional water storage and distribution
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By Umar Akilu Majeri, Dutse The Jigawa State Government has awarded a N1.2 billion contract for the installation of solar-powered streetlights in a bid to enhance security and improve infrastructure in selected areas of the state capital, Dutse, and other local government areas. The contract was approved through the Ministry of Renewable Energy, with the
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Latest Features , Editors’ Blog , Long Reads Yinson secured finance for the Matarani Solar Project, pictured above, from IDB Invest and Natixis CIB. Image: Yinson Renewables via LinkedIn. Malaysia-based independent power producer (IPP) Yinson Renewables has completed a US$59 million green financing deal for a 97MWp solar PV plant in Peru. Located in the
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Latest Features , Editors’ Blog , Long Reads Serbia plans to award 1.3GW of renewable energy capacity across three government auctions. Image: Serbian Ministry of Energy and Mining. Serbia has launched its second renewable energy auction, seeking 124.8MW of solar capacity alongside 300MW of wind capacity. The auction is backed by the European Bank for
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2024 has been an impressive year for renewable energy growth so far, according to the latest Electric Power Monthly release from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Solar continues to grow the fastest in the U.S. During the first nine months of 2024, utility-scale solar power generation (thermal and PV) output increased a whopping 30.1%
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Recently, I sat in a room in Cape Town with African climate scientists, watching them present results from sophisticated models examining how solar geoengineering interventions might affect local weather patterns across the continent. These researchers, … https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adt9594
Latest Features , Editors’ Blog , Long Reads The Betierra portfolio represents half of the capacity acquired from RIC Energy in 2021. Image: Sonnedix. Spanish independent power producer (IPP) Sonnedix has commissioned its 150MW Betierra solar portfolio in Spain, bringing the company’s total renewable energy capacity in the country in operation to over 1GW. The
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The Plateau State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) to improve power supply in rural communities through the use of solar energy. Gyang Bere, the Director of Press and Public Affairs (DOPPA) to Governor Caleb Mutfwang disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday According to NAN,
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