From Farm to Fuel: Inside Eni’s African Biofuels Gamble

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 22:07:40 +0000

An in-depth look behind the scenes of Eni’s new green strategy: developing new agricultural production channels from scratch in six … [continued]

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Uncovered: Italian Oil Giant’s African Biofuels Gamble Falls Short

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 21:00:41 +0000

Investigation into Eni’s projects in Kenya and the Republic of the Congo shows company is failing to produce “miracle” drought-resistant … [continued]

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International Solar Alliance & United Nations Launch Solar Agriculture Irrigation Program

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 19 May 2023 17:10:46 +0000

Solar plus agriculture has been one of my kicks lately. It’s a combo made in heaven, and we should see much more of it in the coming decade. I recently conducted a whole podcast on the topic that, if you haven’t listened to it yet, I highly recommend: We’ve got more news on the solar […]

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Tesla Shareholders Ask: Are Automotive Supply Chains & Labor Rights Incompatible?

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 14 May 2023 02:35:22 +0000

automotive supply chainA CleanTechnica interviewee argues that automakers cannot make the excuse that it’s too complicated to know who their suppliers are and how their suppliers are violating human rights.

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Could The Transition To Electric Mobility On The African Continent Support Development Of Local Battery Manufacturing?

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2023 18:05:50 +0000

The transition to electric mobility presents a major opportunity for the African continent to leapfrog into the age of electric mobility, allowing most of the continent’s population to bypass the ICE age. Africa’s low motorization rates compared to other parts of the world makes this highly probable. Already in several African countries, there are some […]

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MyHydro To Start Construction Of The First Of 33 Small Hydropower Plants In DRC

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 17:05:16 +0000

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has one of the lowest electrification rates on the African continent and in the world. The DRC’s electrification rate is around 10%. As access to electricity is one of the main drivers of development, increasing the country’s electrification is long overdue. Accelerating energy access programs will help transform the […]

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Infraco Africa & Equatorial Power To Roll Out Access To Clean Power & Agri-Processing In The DRC & Rwanda

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 11:00:06 +0000

Equatorial Power’s business model integrates the delivery of productive energy with water purification, agri-processing services, business incubation and e-mobility. This is in line with its vision to provide universal access to productive electricity and clean water in a truly holistic approach centered around the customer and enabled by the latest technology. Equatorial’s website says, “We […]

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Tesla Visited The DRC & Argentina For Environmental & Societal Risk Assessments

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sun, 08 May 2022 19:11:32 +0000

Tesla announced that it visited the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and ArgentinaIn its 2021 Impact Report, Tesla announced that it visited the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Argentina in order to assess both environmental and societal risks. Tesla said that it has taken steps to complete social and environmental risk assessments by visiting both the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Argentina. You may remember […]

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