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Category: Solar Renewable Energy

  • Zambia asks mining companies to increase energy saving efforts

    Officials have asked mining companies in Africa’s second-biggest copper producer to double their power-saving efforts to 40% of normal demand. Zesco Ltd., the state power utility, requested operators to increase curtailments or source their own emergency power from this month. Copper is crucial to Zambia and the industry generates about 70% of export earnings, so…

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  • Italian PM Meloni comments on migration and energy crisis at forum in Tripoli

    Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni made remarks on migration and the energy crisis as she took part in the Trans-Mediterranean Migration Forum in Tripoli, Libya on Wednesday. Meloni stressed the importance of fighting against human trafficking. “There are people making lots of money using the desperation of the fragile persons. And we cannot allow it,…

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  • Africa’s sole nuclear power station secures 20-year extension

    The operating license for Unit 1 of South Africa’s 2-unit Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant has been extended following the implementation of safety improvements. The decision follows a request by state-owned utility Eskom for an extension in 2021, which was granted by the National Nuclear Regulator. Unit 2’s extension application is under review, with its current…

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  • Sun Fires Off a Major X-Class Solar Flare

    Sunspot AR3738 erupted on July 14th (0235 UT), producing an X1.2-class solar flare. So far, no CMEs have been detected in available coronagraph imagery. The explosion might not have lasted long enough to lift a CME out of the sun’s atmosphere. The region became very active the past 24 hours with multiple M-Flares detected leading…

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  • EDF Suspends Small Nuclear Reactor Project Due to Technical Complexities

    The French company EDF has decided to suspend its small nuclear reactor project. The reason is the problems arising from the excessive technical complexity of this device. French energy giant EDF has suspended its NUWARD small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) project. This decision was made due to the high level of technical complexity of the…

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  • Geomagnetic Storm Watch : A stream of solar wind is set to hit Earth Magnetic Field

    NOAA forecasters say that minor G1-class geomagnetic storms are possible on July 13-14 when a stream of solar wind is expected to hit Earth’s magnetic field. The gaseous material is flowing from a northern hole in the sun’s atmosphere. EVENT:A Coronal Hole (CH) is a dark, less dense area in the solar corona. Solar wind…

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  • The $24 Billion Plan to Bring Africa’s Sunlight to Britain

    A thrilling new project aims to build a nearly 4,000-kilometer undersea power line connecting vast wind and solar farms in Morocco to the UK, potentially supplying clean energy to around seven million homes. Simon Morrish, the project’s architect, believes this is the best solution for Britain’s future electricity needs. However, he faces significant challenges, including…

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  • Russia and Mozambique discuss activation of cooperation in the power industry

    The topic was discussed during a meeting between the head of the Russian Federal Agency for Mineral Resources (Rosnedra) Evgeny Petrov and the Minister of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources of Mozambique Carlos Mesquita. “At the meeting they discussed issues of activating the interaction of the [Russian hydroelectric company] RusHydro Group with the government…

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  • ANGOLA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES JOINS ANGOLA OIL & GAS (AOG) 2024 AS SILVER SPONSOR

    Angola plans to increase oil production to 1.1 million barrels per day (bpd) until 2027, thereafter maintaining output at this level. To support production growth, the country is promoting investment in exploration, with several drilling campaigns planned across both on- and offshore acreage. As upstream drilling progresses in Angola, waste management company Angola Environmental Services…

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  • Who will benefit from booming demand for uranium?

    A scramble for uranium has developed after the Ukraine conflict and short-sighted Western sanctions on Russia exposed Europe’s dependency on Russian oil and gas, The Economist has argued. About 10% of the world’s electricity is generated from uranium in nuclear reactors. But the problem is that Kazakhstan, that boasts a close mutually-beneficial relationship with Russia,…

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