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LeapFrog Commits $500 Million to Drive Climate Innovation in Africa and Emerging Asia
LeapFrog’s approach to climate action involves directing investments toward businesses that offer eco-friendly solutions and technologies, particularly for emerging consumer markets.
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- Environment, Investing
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- Global
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- agtech, climate change, solar
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Coal Declines Amid Solar Boom in South Africa, in Five Charts
Small-scale solar installations are booming in South Africa amid rolling power cuts and regulatory changes.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Green Exploitation Is Still Exploitation
If leaders give in to the temptation of short-term gains, the extraction of africa’s transition minerals will follow familiar colonial dynamics.
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- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: Researchers Shed Light on Mysterious, Higher Energy Yields in Vertical PV Systems
Scientists in the Netherlands have sought to understand the reason for unexpected gains in vertical PV systems and found that these installations have a much higher heat transfer coefficient than their horizontally deployed counterparts.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Global
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- energy access, research, solar
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Filling This ‘Forgotten Element’ of the Energy Transition Is Critical to Net Zero
The pipeline of investable renewable energy and low carbon infrastructure projects in developing nations needs to be up to nine times larger, warns the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Global
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India-Led Alliance Set to Fund Solar Projects in Africa in a Boost to the Energy Transition
Global investment in solar energy surpassed $300 billion in 2022, but only 15% of that went to developing countries, according to an ISA report.
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
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- Global
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New Solar Mini-Grids in Africa to Be Powered by Husk Power Systems’ $103 Million Series D
The capital injection includes $43 million in equity, which Husk Power describes as the largest-ever raise of its kind in the mini-grid industry.
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Orange Partners with Koolboks to Provide Refrigeration Solutions in 12 African Countries
Koolboks solar freezers will be first marketed in the Democratic Republic of Congo and soon in the 11 other countries where Orange Energies is deployed.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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