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$1.5 Billion Microgrid Market Opportunity Emerges in Kenya
A confluence of innovation, risk taking, and public and private effort has created a five-year, $1.5 billion microgrid market opportunity in Kenya, leading Germany’s TFE Consulting to dub the East African nation, “The World’s Microgrid Lab.”
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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OPINION: No matter what government says, coal is no longer India’s cheapest energy source
India now has nearly 200GW of coal. Further, the $4.6 billion estimate does not include other social costs (water pollution, deforestation, displacement, ash disposal etc.) To pass this off as an entire accounting of coal’s hidden costs is either shoddy or dishonest.
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- Energy
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- South Asia
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People Are Cooking With Human Poo — and That’s a Good Thing
In Kenya, the future of sanitation may entail turning human waste into fuel.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Solar & Renewable Energy Pioneer Kingo Announces $8.0 Million Series B Financing Round
Kingo, through its innovative prepaid solar energy service, turns lives ON for off-grid households at the bottom of the economic pyramid (BoP).
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
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- Latin America
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Loans for solar systems make power affordable in rural Kenya
Until recently, Njoroge’s home northwest of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, was poorly lit at night. Most people in Ndabibi are not connected to mains electricity, and rely on kerosene or small solar lamps to light their homes.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Shift to biogas helps revive forests
Fuelwood is a major source of carbon dioxide emissions in South Asia and East Africa.
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- Energy, Environment
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- South Asia
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Cell Phones Bring Power to Africans Living Off the Grid
Fenix International, a San Francisco startup making solar-power systems for people with no access to electricity grids, is expanding in Africa through a partnership with the continent’s largest wireless carrier.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Human Waste as Sustainable Energy? This High School Student Made It Happen
Despite how gross you may think it is, there are some upsides of human waste that are worth talking about.
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- Energy, Entrepreneurship, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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