Design and costing of solar on- and off grid solar power systems and their smart system integration for cooperatives, SMEs and SIs intending to invest into grid-connected and off-grid solar and solar hybrid systems. BACKGROUND … read more
French oil firm, Total, will become the biggest shareholder in Uganda’s oil project following the government’s approval of the sale of Tullow’s 33.33% stake of its Ugandan assets at US$ 575 million (Approx. Shs 2 … read more
A solar grid tie system has been developed to pilot a project at Makerere University to ease power outage problems. According to Dennis Rukundo, a solar PV Expert at the Makerere University Centre for Research … read more
A boiling container powered by solar energy has eased life for communities without adequate energy in different parts of the country. Users can now avoid catching diseases like typhoid fever, cholera and Hepatitis A or … read more
Enabling African Cities for Transformative Energy Access (ENACT) is a new project within the TEA programme. This three-year project, which began in July 2020, is managed by The Carbon Trust and delivered by ICLEI Africa, with support from Energy 4 … 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 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
In September, the company secured $90m in funding from investors including the CDC Group, FMO, and Norfund. The finance is being used to replace unsecured with secured debt, to reduce the interest rate, says Walsh. … read more
As a result across Africa, it costs a utility such as Kenya Power Sh150,000 to connect a customer to power, compared to only Sh74,000 for a min-grid company such as Powerhive in Kisii to connect … read more
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