Even at 80 years old, Raphael Mauyu, a dairy farmer from southeast Kenya, has no plans to retire. But not long ago, he worried that his advancing age would soon make it impossible to carry … read more
The use of refrigerators has seen a steady uptake in Rwanda raising concerns on their environmental effects. The latest report by the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) analyses this impact. The Domestic Refrigerating Appliance and Room … read more
After two years of bureaucratic delays and disruption by the Covid-19 pandemic, the 80kw Remote Power Unit for Lebayango is on site and engineers will soon rig up the solar panels that will feed the … read more
Until a year ago, it would take Pamela Auma a whole month to prepare the land on her farm in western Kenya for planting ahead of the rainy season. With hoe in hand, the mother-of-seven … read more
Finnish water technology company, Solar Water Solutions (SWS) has come a little close to being able to offer the world essentially unlimited fresh water supply through a zero-emissions, zero-running cost and eco-friendly desalination technology. In … read more
Tens of millions of off-grid solar systems are being sold in developing countries each year, and the market is expected to grow exponentially with predictions suggesting 740 million people will benefit by 2022. While delivering … read more
Before, the jumbos would come between December and February. This time, they were in people’s homesteads as early as August. That, to them, is unusual. The good thing is that a climate-friendly solution – solar-powered … read more
The Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (Nefco) and Sweden (through the Swedish International Development Agency, Sida, and the Swedish Embassy in Zambia) have undertaken an initiative, the Scaling of Clean Cooking Solutions Programme. A detailed scoping … read more
Uganda Electricity Generation Company, a state-owned power utility, is seeking consultants to assess the country‘s potential to deploy floating PV power plants. In a tender document, recently published on the Daily Monitor website, the utility said … read more
Planning a DC microgrid is no different than any other technical undertaking. You need to start with defining the problem you are trying to solve. In the realm of microgrids, several buzzwords often come to … read more
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