German energy start-up Ecoligo last year successfully raised enough investment through its crowdfunding platform to finance a 75 kW solar system for the Rift Valley Roses flower farm in Naivasha, Kenya. Now the Rift Valley business is aiming to install what Ecoligo claims would be the nation’s first floating solar project – Read more…
When Lucyline Wanja Silas installed a 12-volt solar power unit at her home to help her children study at night, little did she know it would become essential to her and her neighbours in Gakunga village, central Kenya, during the coronavirus pandemic. Ms. Wanja, a farmworker, said she had not Read more…
Real estate company Optiven says it will allocate $1.6 million (170 million Kenyan shillings) to renewable energy in Amani Ridge. The funds will be taken from Optiven’s overall project budget for the project, which is estimated at about $74.6 million (8 billion Kenyan shillings). Amani Ridge will be a “unique, Read more…
Researchers at the Multimedia University of Kenya have claimed the Earth’s magnetic field affects solar panel performance in the same manner fields from power lines, transformers and other electrical equipment can. The Kenyan group analyzed the performance of a multi-crystalline solar panel influenced by a static magnetic field they calculated Read more…
Africa is both the world’s least electrified continent and the most vulnerable to climate change. And as the continent with the world’s fastest growing population, the decisions that African politicians make to boost power supplies could have an impact both locally and globally. The conundrum is how to meet the Read more…
New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh, a major renewable energy producer, has an installed renewable energy generation capacity of around 8,203 megawatt (MW). Of this capacity, commissioned till 31 July 2020, wind energy projects took the largest share with 4,080 MW capacity, followed by solar energy with a capacity of 3,530 MW commissioned, according to information shared by New and Renewable Read more…
German automotive supplier Bosch on Wednesday published details of three long-term solar power supply deals with utility companies as it switches its electricity sourcing away from fossil fuels to green energy. The contracts were arranged with utilities RWE, Vattenfall and Statkraft. Bosch is expanding green power generation at its locations and will also continue Read more…
Kolkata: German KfW Development Bank has agreed to give a soft loan of Rs 600 crore to West Bengal power utility for the first phase of a 125MW solar park project in Purba Medinipur district, Power minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay said. The project to be executed by the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Read more…
Researchers from Australia’s Western Sydney University have created a solar tile that includes phase-change materials (PCM) with a cooling function. They built the device by attaching 12.5 × 12.5 mm monocrystalline solar cells to a mortar roof tile that was doped with the PCM. To avoid leakage issues, they created Read more…
Swiss start-up Insolight – founded by three researchers from the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne – has closed a CHF5 million (€4.63 million) funding round from several Swiss backers including investment firm Investire and financial services provider Zürcher Kantonalbank. The Swiss Immo Lab real estate innovation company founded by mortgage company Avobis, insurer GVB Read more…