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Analysis: Wind and Solar Power Overtake Fossil Fuels in Germany for First Time Ever
Solar and onshore wind have grown rapidly under Germany’s “Energiewende” strategy over the past two decades, as the nation transitions away from both coal and nuclear power.
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- Energy
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- Europe & Eurasia
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- decarbonization, renewable energy, solar, wind
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ADB and Partners Power Timor-Leste’s Energy Future with Landmark Investment in Solar and Battery Storage
The landmark investment—which is also Timor-Leste’s first independent power producer project —will be operated by Manatuto Renewables Power and will help to transform the country’s energy landscape by reducing reliance on imported diesel.
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- South Asia
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Kenyan Teenagers Build $126 Exhaust Filter From Maize Cobs and Coconut Shells
Fredrick Njoroge Kariuki and Miron Onsarigo call their invention HewaSafi, Swahili for "clean air". It is designed to fit onto matatus, the privately owned minibuses that carry millions of passengers across Kenya's cities every day and are among the country's biggest sources of urban air pollution.
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- Energy, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Smart Freight Centre and Shell Foundation Launch Report on Inclusive EV Financing for India’s Freight Drivers
The study of 1,500+ freight drivers across 11 states highlights pathways to improve livelihoods while accelerating freight decarbonization in India.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
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- Asia Pacific
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Africa Go Green Backs BioLite’s Clean Cooking Rollout in Zambia Under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement
The carbon credits generated by the project will be sold to Switzerland’s KliK Foundation under a Mitigation Outcomes Purchase Agreement (MOPA) entered into between BioLite and the KliK Foundation.
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- Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Rize Secures $31 Million Series B to Expand Low-Emission Rice Network in Vietnam and Indonesia
Rize works with farmers to adopt Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD), an irrigation technique endorsed by the International Rice Research Institute and CGIAR that periodically drains paddies rather than keeping them permanently flooded.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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- South Asia
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Analysis: Why Nuclear Power Is Moving Back Into the Global Development Agenda
Nuclear power is moving back into the development-finance debate as the IAEA and World Bank Group deepen cooperation on reliable, low-carbon electricity. The shift comes as emerging economies face rising power demand, widening investment needs and growing pressure to expand energy access without locking in higher emissions.
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- Energy
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- Global
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Press Release: Catalyst Fund Deepens Bet on Africa’s Climate Resilience Founders
Catalyst Fund, the pan-African venture fund and venture builder backing founders from pre-seed to Series A, has announced the completion of its second close, with total commitments now reaching $30 million.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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