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Press Release: Bboxx To Bring Clean Energy to 2 Million People in Burkina Faso With Geocoton Advens Group Joint Venture
Bboxx, a next generation utility, is partnering via a first-of-a-kind joint venture with Geocoton Advens Group as part of Bboxx’s market entry into Burkina Faso.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Atlas Renewable Energy and Unipar Sign a Solar Energy Power Purchase Agreement in Brazil
Atlas Renewable Energy's Lar do Sol-Casablanca II project will provide solar energy to Unipar's factories in Brazil
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- Energy
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- Latin America
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Press Release: New Reporting Standards Could Energize the Off-Grid Solar Industry
The framework represents a significant step in helping attract the capital needed to lift millions of people out of energy poverty.
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- Energy, Impact Assessment, Technology
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Vortex Energy Achieves $200 Million First Close For Flagship Fund ‘Vortex Energy IV,’ Targets Investments in Global Energy Transition
Vortex Energy is launching Vortex Energy IV, a new fund to tap into the burgeoning global interest in Energy Transition
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- Global
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Delivering Babies in the Dark: How Solar Systems Can Enhance Health Service Delivery in Rural Medical Facilities
The healthcare systems of vulnerable communities across the globe are being hindered by a lack of electricity, but solar technology can offer solutions, say Tokozile N. Ngwenya and John Keane at SolarAid and Hannah Blair and Siena Hacker at CLASP. They explain how the Efficiency for Access Coalition has partnered with SolarAid to equip rural health facilities in Malawi and Zambia with solar systems, and explore what needs to happen to scale these approaches.
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- Energy, Health Care
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Facebook Signs First Deal to Buy Renewable Energy in India
CleanMax will own and operate the projects, while Facebook will buy the power off the grid using environmental attribute certificates, or carbon credits, the companies said
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- Energy
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- Asia Pacific
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- renewable energy, solar
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Mobility Company Africa’s First to Become Carbon Neutral
South African-based Planet42 has become the first mobility company in Africa to be certified carbon neutral.
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- Energy, Environment, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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10 Key Lessons for Solar Enterprises: Insights From SELCO’s 26 Years Doing Business in India
SELCO, a pioneering off-grid solar company based in India, just celebrated its 26th anniversary. Christine Eibs Singer at Sustainable Energy for All and Richenda Van Leeuwen at ANDE, both former board members at SELCO, share 10 lessons from the company's decades of experience in the sector, which may be helpful to other impact investors and social entrepreneurs working in off-grid energy.
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- Energy, Investing, Social Enterprise
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