Solar

Under prepaid metering systems, customers must pay upfront for electricity before they can use it

People have installed solar panels and found other water sources, with some negative consequences

Thirty leaders from the continent met in Ethiopia to discuss a project to give 300 million people access to electricity

… or lack thereof, as the country is rapidly falling behind in its climate commitments and there is not enough uptake of renewable energy

Companies mining commodities needed for the global energy transition are accused of keeping affected communities in Madagascar in the dark about their plans

The trials of living a life around the capricious temperament of water scheduling

Burkina Faso and Mali may pay Rosatom to build nuclear plants. But why indenture yourself when energy emancipation is staring you in the face?

Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says Eskom is in the process of stabilising the national grid so that it will have the capacity to accept new renewable projects

How do we balance a reliable supply of electricity and ending load-shedding with the critical issue of climate change and moving to cleaner energy?

Development partners are scaling up these renewable energy grids in Madagascar, Kenya, Tanzania and Niger, Senegal and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has argued that renewable energy will not have enough baseload to power the country and avoid a total blackout

Separating Eskom into generation, transmission and distribution could play a significant role in reducing power cuts

Various financing companies are offering consumers the option to pay a monthly fee for solar energy and they will own the equipment after a certain period of time

The majority of the relief comes in the form of incentives given to businesses and households investing in alternative energy

One of the main factors contributing to a sudden increase in load-shedding is not sustaining maintenance for the old fleet