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Meet the Zayed Sustainability Prize Finalists
This year, finalists include start-ups which have developed technologies to combat plastic waste and the spread of disease, as well as improving access to clean electricity.
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- Energy, Environment, Health Care, Technology
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- North Africa & Near East
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Uganda’s Thirst for Hydropower Raises Fears for Environment
Last June, Bonang Power and Energy, a South African company, announced it had applied for a licence to build a 360MW hydro plant at Uhuru Falls – which is adjacent to Murchison Falls. It was a further blow to conservationists, already reeling from news that energy company Total E&P Uganda had been given approval to develop six oilfields in the park, to the north of Lake Albert.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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$2.5 Million Initiative to Support Clean Energy-Based Livelihood Solutions in Tamil Nadu
The Council on Energy, Environment and Water and Villgro Innovation Foundation will support at least five enterprises to undertake large-scale commercial deployments.
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- Energy
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- South Asia
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India’s $62 Billion Sanitation Economy Is Fueling Entrepreneurs in Renewable Energy
The crisis is fueling a growing number of companies and “sanipreneurs” to cash in by finding ways to turn human waste into valuable resources, including renewable energy.
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- Energy, Entrepreneurship, WASH
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- South Asia
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Press Release: Rensource Secures $20M in Series A financing to Power Nigerian SME Productivity
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, only has 12 gigawatts of installed grid capacity, with just one-in-four Nigerians connected to the national power grid. In contrast, South Africa has 50 gigawatts. Rensource launched commercially in 2016 to address this problem
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Nomura Aims for More Sustainable Wall Street Role
Nomura's topsy-turvy history of trying to build a successful US investment bank has made it the butt of rivals' jokes. Now the Japanese group is taking another stab, buying renewable-energy boutique Greentech Capital Advisors.
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In Bihar, India, Solar-Powered Mini Grids Are Slowly Transforming Livelihoods
A silent revolution is unfolding not far from Bihar’s capital Patna, where residents are benefitting hugely from access to reliable, clean solar energy.
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- Energy
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- South Asia
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Viewpoint: Myanmar Solar: Lots of Potential, But a Cloudy Outlook for Solar Energy Development and Growth
Demand for energy has been growing fast, in parallel with the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) member’s economy, and solar energy is competing against a variety of conventional, as well as alternative low- or zero-carbon, energy resources for its share of Myanmar’s energy mix.
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- Energy
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- Asia Pacific
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