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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
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- employment, renewable energy, solar
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BlackRock Raises $673 Million for Climate-focused Infrastructure Fund
The world's largest money manager hopes the fund, announced on Tuesday and dubbed the Climate Finance Partnership, will show how to mobilize private capital in developing countries to tackle climate change, a sticking point at United Nations climate talks underway in Glasgow.
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- Environment
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- Global
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Green Climate Fund invests US $150 Million in African Development Bank’s Desert to Power initiative
Desert-to-Power is a flagship renewable energy and economic development initiative led by the African Development Bank whose objective is to light up and power the Sahel region.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Germany Pledges $116 Million for Renewable Energy in Africa
Germany has pledged to contribute US $116M to the African Development Bank‘s (AfDB) Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) to support private investments in renewable energy in Africa.
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- Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy, solar
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US Developer Lands $1.75 Million Deal for Nigerian Mini-Grids
Former start-up Husk, which originally based its business on renewables powered by rice industry waste products, has agreed to develop seven solar-plus-storage mini-grids across rural communities in Nasarawa state.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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World Leaders Pledge $400 Billion to Boost Clean Energy and Renewables
The pledges include projects to expand access to electricity in developing countries and improve energy efficiency.
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- Energy
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- Global
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Palmetto Pledges $5 Million to Women’s Solar Training in Africa
Under “Get Solar, Give Solar,’ Palmetto has pledged a $5 million, multi-year commitment to offer significant support for Solar Sister’s core operation.
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- Energy
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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It’s Time for More Open Source in Energy Access. Here’s Why.
What needs to happen to achieve global access to energy by 2030? Tamara Mahoney of EnAccess spent several years talking to energy access innovators about the best way to move the sector forward, and a common viewpoint emerged from those conversations: An open-source approach is necessary to achieve universal energy access. She explains why this model is both effective and inevitable, and discusses EnAccess' efforts to support new technologies, business models and knowledge in energy access by funding and sharing open-source tools and innovations.
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- Energy
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