When completed, the Nile’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will be the largest hydropower facility in Africa. New research sheds light on consequences for the riparian countries.

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Going ahead with plans to build dams in order to generate energy will disrupt the course of rivers and seriously damage ecosystems, say researchers. They caution against equating renewable energy with environmentally…

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Half of all Africans have no access to electricity. This is the result of a survey on the energy turnaround in Africa presented by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in Berlin in…

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Australian scientists have developed a catalyst enabling used cooking oil and other impure raw materials to be transformed into high-value products like biodiesel.

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Invasive forest plants which are usually wasted can be a good source of renewable energy if converted into bio-charcoal. In Nepal, together with partners, Helvetas has developed a private sector-led business model that…

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This report shows that more effort is needed to achieve global energy targets (SDG7) in 2030, while the biggest challenge remains in sub-Saharan Africa where hundreds of millions of people are still without access to…

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This publication details global energy trends and what possible impact they will have on supply and demand, carbon emissions, air pollution, and energy access. The scenario-based analysis outlines different possible…

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The global network REN21, with over 900 international experts, has published the Renewables 2018 Global Status Report. Key findings are that innovations towards a renewable energy future exist, but and not fast enough to…

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ProENERGIE, a new German-Togolese project, implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), supports…

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The world is not on track to meet the global energy targets for 2030 set as part of the Sustainable Development Goals, but real progress is being made in certain areas – particularly expansion of access to electricity in…

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