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Kenya is ready to introduce a climate exchange platform to facilitate the trading of carbon credits and help tackle climate change.
Being developed by the Ministry of Finance and assisted by carbon trading consulting company Bea International, the exchange will be known as Nairobi Climate Exchange. It will be the first of its kind on the continent and will facilitate trading in carbon credits
Renewable energy and energy efficiency Centre for West Africa opens with UNIDO support
PRAIA, Cape Verde, 6 July 2010 – A new regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) opened in Praia today.
It will help develop renewable energy and energy efficiency markets in West Africa, in policy and capacity development and quality assurance, in designing financing mechanisms,
N'DJAMENA, 17 June 2010 (IRIN) - For decades, the government in Chad saw the environment as "the white man's problem" said Minister of Environment, Hassan Térap. "For so long, it was a problem for rich countries, but now our land has been denuded, cattle are dying [http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=89465] water is shrinking [http://newsite.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=89482], it i
By Lamine Ghanmi CASABLANCA (Reuters) - Investor interest in phase one of Morocco's $9 billion solar power scheme has exceeded expectations with about 200 firms submitting expressions of interest, the head of Morocco's solar power agency said. The Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN) is inviting bids from investors interested in building a solar power station near the southern town of Ouarzaz
A low-cost, plastic solar lamp could provide affordable lighting for millions living in rural off-grid areas across Africa.
Seedling growing inside lightbulb, digital composite
The lamp is made from polymer solar cells and although it is not as efficient as similar technologies, it could prove more affordable, according to its developers.
"There are many technologies out there already that
Sudan signed a 1.25 billion euro deal with a private French company on Wednesday to build three solar power plants in the war-torn Darfur region, a step forward in sustainable clean energy.
The project will target producing 2000 megawatts of electricity over the next 10 years using concentrated solar power to generate electricity across the country, a statement from the French Solar Euromed co
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