AFRICA

Solar Panda looks to bring power to African countries in need of affordable electricity – EQ Mag

November 21, 2022

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Solar Panda has grown to serve an estimated million people across 200,000 households in Kenya, and now employs more than 1,000 people in the country As Andy Keith listened to a panel of experts discuss off-grid solar energy at a San Francisco tech conference in 2016, one bleak statistic left the serial entrepreneur particularly dismayed. […]

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EGYPT

Egypt is turning to solar power to generate more electricity from renewable sources – EQ Mag Pro

November 10, 2022

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Egypt has pledged to generate 42% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2035. Currently, the figure is just 12%. To get there, in a nation where the sun shines most of the year, they will rely heavily on solar power. Solar is expected to provide 22% of Egypt’s energy within a decade. FRANCE 24’s […]

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Morocco

The Wild Plan to Export Sun From the Sahara to the UK – EQ Mag Pro

September 24, 2022

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An ambitious cable project aims to power thousands of homes with renewable energy by 2030. By the time Scotland’s Hunterston B nuclear power station closed in January of this year, its dual reactors had produced enough energy to power 1.8 million British homes for 46 years. It also provided over 500 jobs to people living […]

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UAE

UAE leads energy transition in its race to net-zero – EQ Mag Pro

September 21, 2022

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Over the past few years, the UAE has implemented a number of projects to support its overall drive towards reducing carbon emissions. Utilities Middle East caught up with Yousef Al Ali, Assistant Undersecretary for the Electricity, Water and Future Energy Sector at the UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure to talk about the country’s clean […]

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AFRICA

Africa’s first hydrogen power plant seen producing electricity in 2024 – EQ Mag Pro

September 14, 2022

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Namibia currently imports more than a third of its power from neighbouring South Africa. French independent power producer HDF Energy expects its green hydrogen power plant in Namibia, Africa’s first, to start producing electricity by 2024, according to a senior company executive. “Yearly we can produce 142 gigawatt hours, enough for 142,000 inhabitants and that […]

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EGYPT

EGYPT: Exporting electricity to Europe in the midst of an energy crisis – EQ Mag Pro

September 7, 2022

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Negotiations are accelerating between the Egyptian and European authorities with a view to exporting clean energy from Egypt to Europe. The discussions should notably lead to a project to supply Europe with electricity via a submarine cable linking Egypt and Greece. After green hydrogen, negotiations are continuing between Europe and Egypt for the export of […]

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IRAQ

Iraq pursues solar power goals, but hurdles remain – EQ Mag Pro

August 27, 2022

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Solar could give a game-changing boost to Iraq’s electricity supply and budget, but outdated policy, rigid bureaucracy, and political dysfunction stand in the way. BAGHDAD : Iraq has ambitions to improve electricity supply using solar power, but those plans are being delayed by disputes over payment terms, inexperience among senior officials in dealing with solar […]

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JORDAN

Launch of Jordan’s power station to supply four Palestinian cities – EQ Mag Pro

August 27, 2022

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Power supplies exported from Jordan to Palestine to double from 40 megawatts to 80 AMMAN : Jordan and Palestine launched Wednesday a power station to double the power supplies exported from Jordan to Palestine from 40 megawatts to 80, to the areas of Jerusalem, Ariha, Ramallah and Al-Bireh. Al-Rama power station, which is built on […]

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OMAN

Oman Revises Legislation To Encourage Renewables – EQ Mag Pro

August 27, 2022

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Oman aims to complete key power-sector regulations by the end of the year, according to the sultanate’s Authority for Public Services Regulation (APSR). The legal framework will enable eligible power generators to sell electricity directly to large customers, and bypass state offtaker Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP), which is the sole buyer of […]

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AFRICA

President Buhari declares that the rapid integration of solar power into the country’s energy mix will lead to an increase in electricity access – EQ Mag Pro

August 6, 2022

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In Abuja on Thursday, President Muhammadu Buhari claimed that the swift addition of solar energy to the nation’s energy mix would increase the number of communities that lack access to electricity. The President welcomed a group from SUN Africa LLC, USA and stated that this administration has started a number of measures targeted at reviving […]

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