SolarDay, the largest public education and awareness programme about the benefits of solar energy in US history took place last weekend with tens of millions of people reading, listening or watching coverage of SolarDay 2010...
Local press sources report that the World Bank has awarded a loan of $220 million to the Egyptian grid operator for the construction of infrastructures for the evacuation of wind power in the region of Gebel el-Zeit, where the...
Tunisia’s Ministry of Industry and Technology has announced that it intends to authorize the installation of 100 MW of renewable energy. Tunisia calls on developers to partake in an initial pre-qualification process by filling out...
Wind energy supporters gather today at events in all corners of the globe to raise awareness for the benefits of wind energy. Global Wind Day takes place for the second time this year and for the fourth time in Europe. For more...
As at 8 June 2010, twenty five countries had ratified the International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) statute. The statute will enter into force on 8 July 2010, at which time the Agency will become a fully-fledged...
At the Conference on the Mediterranean Solar Plan in Valencia (Spain) last week, Greenpeace presented a financial mechanism to boost renewable energy uptake in developing countries that would "give rise to the most clean energy at...
The foundation for the ECOWAS Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) was laid with Regulation C/REG.23/11/08 of the 61st Session of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Council of...
ATERSA installs 120 streetlights in Benin 13/04/2010 In March this year, ATERSA carried out the installation of 120 streetlights using Led technology lamps (ATERSA LED2) with a unitary power of 30W. For more information, please...
Posted on Tuesday 2 February 2010 - 09:00 Kingsley Kobo, AfricaNews reporter in Abidjan, Ivory Coast Tunisia has become the most electrified country in Africa according to a recent report on "Powering Africa" published by African...
Africa and Europe are strengthening their energy cooperation. In the framework of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP), two major events take place in Vienna on 20-22 April 2010: The first High Level Meeting of the AEEP and the...