Renewable Energy Archives

10th October 2021

EIA Predicts Accelerating Renewable Usage, Increase in Demand for Oil and Gas

According to the latest report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), global demand for renewables will grow at the fastest rate through 2050, but demand for petroleum and other...

22nd July 2021

AfDB to Provide Renewable Energy to Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and Tunisia

The African Development Bank's (AfDB) Leveraging Energy Access Finance Framework (LEAF) programme aims to unlock commercial and local currency financing for decentralised renewable energy (DRE) projects in Ghana, Guinea, Ethiopia,...

19th January 2021

OPEC Welcomes Renewables but Stresses the Global Importance of Oil and Gas

Speaking at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum 2021, the Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Mohammad Barkindo, showed support for the adoption of electric vehicles and renewable...

19th January 2021

Secretary-General of UN Calls for ‘Urgent Transition’ from Fossil Fuels to Renewables in Africa, Others

During the virtual COP26 Roundtable on Clean Power Transition, a conference on climate action, that held on Monday, 11th January 2020, the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), António Guterres,...

11th January 2021

Egypt and Denmark Discuss Investment in the Electricity and Renewable Energy Sector

The Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Mohamed Shaker, met with the Danish Ambassador to Egypt, Svend Olling, to discuss investment opportunities and cooperation in their allied field of...

22nd August 2020

DRC launches Phase 1 of Kinshasa Solar City Project

Construction works for phase 1 of a 600 megawatts photovoltaic plant in the Menkao district of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo has was launched on Tuesday, 18 August...

13th August 2020

German University to Setup Solar Energy System in the Niger

German university TH Köln, alongside its partners, is setting up a solar energy system at a secondary school in the Dossa region of Niger as part of a pilot project in...

10th August 2020

South Sudan Turns to Renewable Energy for Electricity Expansion Project

In a webinar organised by Africa Oil and Power and the African Energy Chamber on 27th July 2020 and hosted by South Sudan, the country declared its intention to increase...