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Tesla-Backed Startup Launches Microgrid Powering 2 African Villages
ZOLA Electric, a Tesla-backed company providing energy to remote African villages through solar and batteries.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy, startups
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African Solar Sluggish as the Rest of the World Soars
Unlike the rest of the world, solar PV installations fell sharply in Africa in 2020, and in 2021 they remained below their pre-pandemic level.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Aspen Power Partners Announces $350 Million Investment from Carlyle to Fuel Growth and Acquisition Strategy
The acquisition of Safari represents one of the industry’s largest distributed solar C&I transactions to date.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
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Press Release: New Roadmap Says Minigrid Industry Needs 10 Companies with 10 Times Current Scale to Achieve Universal Energy Access and SDG7
Husk Power Systems released the first-ever industry roadmap for minigrid developers for achieving scale and sustainability.
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- Asia Pacific
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Sacca’s Lowercarbon Doubles Down on Startup Bringing Solar Modules to Indian Rooftops
SolarSquare said on Thursday it has raised $13 million in a Series A funding round led by Lowercarbon and Elevation Capital.
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- Energy
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- renewable energy, startups
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South Africa, Indonesia Get $1 billion to Close Coal Plants
The funding will replace some coal-fired power plants with renewable energy facilities in South Africa and Indonesia.
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- Energy
- Region
- Global
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- renewable energy
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Press Release: CLASP & Nithio, With Support From the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet, Launch Financing Facility for Productive Use Appliances
Access to productive use appliances can deliver significant economic, health, education, and quality of life benefits.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: Electrifying the World Through Off-Grid Solar Solutions
GOGLA’s Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report 2022 was released at the Global Off-Grid Solar Forum and Expo in Rwanda.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Global
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