Data shows that at least 25 percent of the population who live without electricity access dwell in remote rural and peri-urban areas of the country where infrastructure is still subpar. Energy generation from solar and … read more
Value Added Tax (VAT) was recently scrapped on Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). It is hoped that the move will slow down deforestation (cutting down of trees for firewood and charcoal) for cooking energy, bring down … read more
In the wake of the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, latest data from the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Outlook shows the continent’s meager progress in improving electrification will be reversed. In fact, the population living … read more
The bill highlights that in the African continent, Tunisia and Senegal have noticed the potential of startups in their countries to support rapid social-economic development, which has resulted in them enacting their own laws to … read more
Wangari Muchiri, a 30-year-old renewable energy engineer, explains how she is leading efforts to bring clean energy at scale to remote communities. Nobody ever said the clean energy transition would be easy, but having more … read more
The project seeks to have 250,000 households served by stand-alone solar systems and 150,000 households served by Clean Cooking Solutions (CCS). It further seeks to construct 157 mini-grids in the targeted counties that will be … read more
Through its work under the Safe Access to Fuel and Energy (SAFE) programme, FAO has contributed to improving resilience and livelihoods among refugees and internally displaced people in 14 countries. This evaluation seeks to inform … read more
The total area under formal irrigation in Uganda is 14,418 hectares out of an estimated 560,000 hectares with irrigation potential. Dr. Krishna Sharma, a lecturer of environmental health sciences at Victoria University Kampala, says that … read more
A team of MIT researchers is using the thermodynamic properties of water evaporation to bring off-grid cold storage of produce to remote, arid regions. The team’s models indicate that a standard 40-foot-long shipping container outfitted … read more
As the coronavirus pandemic hit trade and incomes hard in developing nations, sales of off-grid solar products fell sharply in the first half of the year, even as many poorer households relied on them during … read more
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