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JSW Aims To Raise $500 Million in Renewable Energy Business via Stake Sale in India
In the recent past, India has seen renewable energy expansion driven by large corporate groups and private equity-backed energy platforms, aiming to tap increasing appetite toward non-carbon fuel resources. Earlier, French oil and gas major Total SE picked up a stake in Adani Green.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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- renewable energy, solar
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Okra Solar and Sao Group Partner to Power Over 10,000 Households, Primary Healthcare Centers and Digital Literacy Centres Across Nigeria
Okra Solar, an Australian technology company using advanced digital monitoring, billing and mesh-grids to make electrification more affordable to underserved communities in Africa and Asia, has signed an MoU with SAO Group.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Global
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- renewable energy, solar
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Bboxx Launches in Nigeria To Deliver Clean Energy and Sustainable Development to 20 Million People
Bboxx, a next generation utility tackling the global energy poverty crisis, has officially launched in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation and Bboxx’s largest market to date.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- employment, renewable energy, solar
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Productive Use of Energy in Africa Is Powering Socio-economic Transformation While Offering Investment Opportunities
The programme enables African businesses to harness clean energy to improve incomes, build climate resilience and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Triodos Launches Renewable Energy Fund Focused on Emerging Markets
The new fund will aim to provide senior debt to utility-scale wind, solar and run-of-the-river hydroelectrical projects.
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- Global
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How Recovery From COVID-19 and Climate Policies Might Affect the Use of “Clean” Cooking Fuels
A group of IIASA researchers shows how recovery from the pandemic and climate mitigation policies might affect access to clean fuels.
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- Coronavirus, Energy
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- Global
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Africa Is the Key To Ending Harmful Use of Polluting Fuels in the Home
In wealthy countries, most people can barely imagine using anything other than electricity or gas to cook in their homes.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Staying True to the Paris Agreement Could Hobble Booming Carbon Offset Market
The booming voluntary market for CO2 emission offsets is facing a hairy double counting issue that could stop further growth in its tracks. Researchers and NGOs propose new ways of letting companies invest in energy and climate projects in the global south – without letting them use carbon credits towards their emission budgets.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Global