Undersea Cable Projects to Transmit Renewable Energy Move Forward

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2023 10:06:19 +0000

Government officials in the UK have shown further support for a plan to bring renewable energy from a massive project in Morocco to Britain, one of at least three projects worldwide in which miles-long subsea

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Small Glimmers Of Hope As Climate Changes Exacerbate Violence

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2023 03:57:54 +0000

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has established a causal link between climate change and the rise in armed conflicts in sub-Saharan African countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, and Sudan. This region has become the global epicenter of violent extremist activity. That and other stories from Afrik21 are below. “On the […]

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Gotion High-Tech Signs MOU for Big Battery Factory in Morocco

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2023 19:15:12 +0000

LFP batteryThe Morocco Agency for Investments and Exports announced this week that Morocco has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Gotion High-Tech for the development and establishment of an industrial ecosystem for the production of batteries for electric vehicles as well as for stationary storage applications. The Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, presided over the […]

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Electric Vehicle Progress in Africa

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 13:54:41 +0000

Africa is leapfrogging centralized coal-fired power for electricity generation, but what progress is being made in the uptake of electric vehicles? Green shoots are appearing. I have written previously about buses and boda bodas, but what other vehicles are being provided for the 45 countries and more than one billion people of this vast continent? […]

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Volvo Delivers Its 1st Electric Heavy-Duty Truck In Africa

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 13:37:28 +0000

In some ways, it’s going to be a little easier to electrify transportation in developing countries. While the top selling car in history is the Toyota Corolla, its sales are dwarfed by the Honda Super Cub and its variants, and motorcycle sales are dwarfed by those of bicycles like the Chinese Flying Pigeon. Motorcycles and […]

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Sand to Green in Africa

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 04:15:10 +0000

Like a scene from Dune, the French–Moroccan startup Sand to Green aims to turn the desert from threat to food producer. It’s a lesson Australia also needs to learn. “If we were to try to produce all the food we will need in 2050 using current production systems, the world would have to convert most […]

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Electric Buses & Boda Bodas — African EV Roundup

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2023 03:53:05 +0000

Afrik 21 is a rich source of news about African EV uptake and the progress of renewable energy in the many countries of Africa. Writer Benoit-Ivan Wansi has filed the articles below. I have also contacted some of the companies below for photos and additional comments. I encourage you to subscribe to the Afrik 21 […]

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Green Hydrogen — Morocco Makes Big Moves

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2023 04:45:43 +0000

Renewable Energy for 2023The Belgian company John Cockerill has announced the formation of a joint venture with a yet unnamed Moroccan company with the aim of investing in the development of the nascent green hydrogen industry in Morocco. The two partners plan to build an electrolyser production plant there. This is another step forward in the use of […]

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The 12 Most-Read POWER Global Monitor Articles of 2022

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2022 22:27:11 +0000

Every month, POWER magazine publishes several articles in its Global Monitor section covering topics important to the electric power generation industry. The articles typically feature interesting updates on progress made at notable projects around the world, big policy changes, or promising research and development (R&D) news. Short notes about major contracts are also touched on […]

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Giroud takes France into semis; Morocco reduces Ronaldo to tears

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2022 22:11:34 +0000

AL KHOR, Qatar (AFP) – Olivier Giroud scored the winner and Harry Kane missed a late penalty as holders France beat England, 2-1, in a tense World Cup quarter-final on Saturday. Aurelien Tchouameni had swept France into a first-half lead only for Kane to equalise from the spot nine minutes into the second half. England […]

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