Category: Solar Renewable Energy
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Uganda commissions $1.7 bln China-financed hydropower plant
Uganda on Thursday commissioned its largest electricity generation plant, a 600 megawatt (MW) power plant built on the River Nile that cost $1.7 billion, financed with a loan from China. The Karuma Hydropower Project (KHP), constructed by Sinohydro Corporation, sharply raises Uganda’s generation capacity to slightly above 2000 MW. Construction of the plant, which began…
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Egyptian government allocates $2.5 billion to secure country’s energy needs
The government is working to secure additional supplies of natural gas to ensure the continuity of electricity supply and prevent blackouts, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said. During a press conference in the New Administrative Capital, near Cairo, he said that the Egyptian state has allocated $2.5 billion to secure its energy needs during the summer,…
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September Equinox is the moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator
In 2024, the Autumnal Equinox arrives on Sunday, September 22. This date marks the start of Fall in the Northern Hemisphere and Spring in the Southern Hemisphere. The September Equinox is the moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator, an imaginary line in the sky above Earth’s equator from north to south. This happens on…
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Solar Activity at High Levels- A Pair of Coronal Holes facing Earth
Solar activity remained at high levels following multiple M-class flares, the largest of which was a M6.8 flare at 12/14:43 UTC from AR 3811 as it exited the western limb. Region 3814 produced an M2.9 flare at 13/08:37 UTC. Region 3825 was numbered this period as it rotated onto the visible disk and was responsible…
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Reopening the Nuclear Chapter: Italy’s Revival of Atomic Energy
Italy’s Industry Minister, Adolfo Urso, has announced that the country is poised to re-enter the nuclear energy sector by initiating a new project to construct reactors in partnership with an undisclosed foreign company. This declaration marks a significant shift in Italy’s energy landscape, particularly considering that the nuclear sector has been non-existent from a formal…
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What’s Happening on the Farside of the Sun?
A magnificent halo CME billowed away from the farside of the sun yesterday,the second time this week this has happened. A hidden sunspot group transiting the farside is crackling with activity. If it were facing Earth, we would now be bracing for geomagnetic storms. New Update:New data courtesy of the ESA Solar Orbiter shows that…
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Zambia’s crippling drought creates chance for solar power to shine
With a prolonged drought affecting the supply of hydroelectricity all over southern Africa, a growing number of people are turning to solar to fill the energy gap. A reliable supply of electricity is essential. But the drought that has gripped southern Africa since early this year has led to rolling cuts in a country that…
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Ethiopia’s Mega-dam Significantly Boosts Power Output
Ethiopia has significantly increased electricity production from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile, more than doubling its output from 750 megawatts to 1,550 megawatts after two additional turbines became operational. The dam, now fully transitioned from construction to operation, has long been a point of contention with downstream nations Egypt and…
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Green Economy Boom: African experts identify key sectors driving the continent’s green economic growth
As Africa is poised to become a global leader in the transition to a green economy, with a potential for 3.3 million green jobs by 2030, Dr. Mao Amis, co-founder and executive director of the African Center for Green Economy, highlighted the key sectors driving this growth. “Africa is one of the very few places…
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Burkina Faso adopts a resolution to create an atomic energy agency in the country
g President Ibrahim Traore noted that the establishment of the agency will guarantee Burkina Faso’s energy independence and industrialization, as well as facilitate access to electricity. In June, representatives of the Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom held a meeting in Ouagadougou with Burkina Faso’s Energy Minister, Yacouba Zabre Gouba, during which they discussed the construction…
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