African countries looking to invest in nuclear energy as a source of clean electricity should consider Europe’s struggles with disposing of radioactive waste. Seventy years after the nuclear age began, no country has built a … read more
(Executive Summary) Even with the global electrification rate rising from 83% in 2010 to 89% in 2017, about 573 million people still lack adequate access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) … read more
Uganda has been encouraged by some of her partners to consider venturing into nuclear energy production. I would like to take the opposite view. For Uganda in particular, one more point must be raised: the … read more
Inficold solar integration doesn’t require off-grid solar inverter or electric batteries, and is most useful in case of sudden and prolonged power cuts. The cooling system can function without any kind of electricity for up … read more
Lithium-ion waste from a solar lantern scheme run by oil & gas major Total in Kenya will be recycled into new batteries for solar home systems by start-up Aceleron. The initial £51,000 (US$65,910) project between the … read more
Herma Okonjo and Asenath Onyango are energy entrepreneurs living in Kisumu’s Nyamasaria town, in Kenya. In Kisumu, many families lack access to clean cooking technologies and energy. In the region, as in many other places … read more
Cooking with fuels such as charcoal and firewood produces high levels of carbon dioxide, as well as contributing to deforestation and climate change. More than 21,500 Kenyans die each year from cooking with traditional fuels … read more
How the system works is simply a step further in innovation. It made use of a technology called ‘solar water farms’, which has the power to produce 50 kilowatts of energy, high performance Tesla batteries to … read more
It’s incredible to realize that many of the household electric and electronic items that we took for granted in the 20th century – such as refrigerators, light bulbs, and electronic children’s toys – contained unacceptably … read more
Military installations, bases and barracks across the country will in the near future be solely powered by solar energy, saving the Ministry of Defence billions of shillings spent annually on paying electricity bills. A pilot … read more
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