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EcoNomad Solutions Secures £230K for On-Farm Waste-To-Energy System
"Small and mid-sized livestock farms face mounting pressure from rising energy and fertiliser costs, tightening slurry and waste regulations, and pressure to reduce methane emissions. Yet existing anaerobic digestion systems are engineered for large industrial-scale operations, making them uneconomical or operationally impractical for smaller producers."
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Eight More Nations Pledge New Circular Economy Roadmaps in Africa
As part of this second phase of the National Roadmaps for the Circular Economy (NCER) program, Angola, Liberia, Madagascar, and Senegal will develop their own roadmaps by identifying priority sectors, aligning institutional efforts, and tailoring strategic guidelines to their local productive structures.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Scaling up Green Transition in Southern Africa: Climate Fund Managers Reaches First Close of SA-H2 Fund at ZAR 3 Billion
SA-H2 is a blended finance private equity fund focused on the green hydrogen value chain and energy transition in Southern Africa.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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South Africa Court Ruling Blocks Shell Offshore Exploration, Raising New Questions for Energy Investment and Environmental Governance
The dispute illustrates a growing tension in African resource-producing economies: governments seeking new sources of domestic energy, investment and fiscal revenue must increasingly reconcile those objectives with environmental safeguards, community rights and legal requirements for public participation.
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- blue economy, energy access, ESG, governance, mining, regulations
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South Africa Secures $500 Million for Climate Resilient Cities
AIIB has approved a $500 million sovereign-backed loan to strengthen water, electricity and waste services across South Africa’s metropolitan municipalities.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mini-grids May Not Be the Answer: Why Shifts in Technology and Funding Have Changed the Energy Access Outlook in Africa
There is intense pressure to reach universal energy access by 2030, which requires a further 666 million people to be electrified, most of whom live in sub-Saharan Africa. And according to Stewart Hicks at Bamboo Capital Partners, mini-grids are often viewed as a key part of the solution, leading to growing calls for more private sector investment in this technology. But he argues that this focus on mini-grids may be distracting from faster, more cost-effective approaches. He explains why mini-grids — despite being a good solution in some areas — have several under-reported constraints, and explores some emerging alternative electrification models that may present a more realistic path toward greater energy access in Africa.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing, Technology
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Analysis: Waste-To-Energy Plants Are a Disaster for the Environment but India Is Building More
The incinerators have high capital costs and usually receive financial support from international institutions and subsidies in India.
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- Asia Pacific
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- energy access, human rights, recycling, waste
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Nigeria’s Federal Government Targets One Million MSMEs, 50,000 Jobs With Renewable Energy Programme
". . . the minister said the programme would deploy renewable energy solutions to one million businesses, reduce production costs for MSMEs, expand financial inclusion and promote inclusive economic growth."
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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