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  • Morocco solar plant secures 300 million euro loan

    MOROCCO, 2012/12/01 Morocco's pioneering 160-megawatt solar power plant took a step forward on Monday, securing European financing agreements worth 300 million euros ($385 million), or nearly half of the project's cost.

  • South Africa: Renewable Energy Programme to Bring R47 Billion in Investment 2012-11-02

    SOUTH AFRICA, 2012/11/02 Pretoria — The Department of Energy says it is expecting R47 billion to be invested in the country through Window 1 of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Programme (REIPPP).The department introduced the REIPPP in August 2011, with the first bid submission for Window 1 scheduled for 4 November 2011.  

  • Tanzania: U.S Firm Aids Tanzania Energy Projects 2012-11-02

    TANZANIA, 2012/11/02

  • Renewable energy, innovative solutions and green growth in the Mediterranean region 2012-11-01

    AFRICA, 2012/11/01 “We are not geniuses. We just use common sense.” For CEO and co-founder Ahmed Zahran of Karm Solar Egypt, a company that aims to commercialize solar technologies, it’s not about being a visionary. It is about good business.

  • Kenya: Turkana Wind Power to Proceed - Nyoike 2012-10-30

    KENYA, 2012/10/30 更多     Kenya: Turkana Wind Power to Proceed - Nyoike

  • Morocco hands 160MW CSP contract to Saudi/Spanish group 2012-10-19

    MOROCCO, 2012/10/19 更多     Morocco hands 160MW CSP contract to Saudi/Spanish group 

  • President Koroma Hosts Former President of Cape Verde 2012-10-07

    CAPE VERDE, 2012/10/07

  • More than 85% of MENA land can generate Solar electricity 2012-09-19

    BAHRAIN, 2012/09/19 We often hear about the Middle East and North Africa’s (MENA) centrality in world energy markets as it is home to extra than 52 and 42 % of world reserves of oil and gas respectively. The region is as well responsible for extra than 36 and 20 % of world oil and gas production.   Nevertheless, MENA is as well the world leader in other aspects of the energy markets, namely energy use and energy intensity (i.e. energy use per $1,000 of output). Between 1981 and 2009 these grew faster in MENA than any other region. Furthermore, the gap between MENA and other regions is significant(Figure 1). This is especially true in energy intensity, which saw negative increase rates in amount regions during 1981-2009, except for MENA.

  • Saudi Arabia Helps Morocco Kick-Start Solar Program

    MOROCCO, 2012/08/07

  • Renewable Energy in Mali - Achievements, Challenges and Opportunities 2012-05-11

    MALI, 2012/05/11   As Mali strives to become an emerging economy, it is focusing on energy sector reforms to support growth and improve quality of life. Renewable energy holds significant potential for scaling up across the country and promises to decrease dependence on fossil fuel imports and reduce forest degradation caused by increasing energy demands. This executive summary of "Renewable Energy in Mali: Achievements, Challenges and Opportunities" summarizes an initial stocktaking exercise carried out by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and other development partners in early 2011 on behalf of the National Directorate of Energy of Mali within the framework of the Scaling Up Renewable Energy Program in Low Income Counties (SREP), a program of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF). It describes the current status of Mali's energy sector and identifies four strategic areas for development: 1) institutional, legislative and regulatory frameworks; 2) communications and capacity building; 3) research and knowledge management; and 4) investments in key technologies to expand energy access and make renewable energy attractive to public and private operators.
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