Tag: Solar
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Solar Cycle 25 Hits Fever Pitch: What Africa Can Expect as the Sun Wakes Up
By El Ra| Space & Tech Laboratory The sun is waking up, and for the African continent, this isn’t just a story about pretty lights in the Arctic. We are currently in the heart of Solar Cycle 25—and it is running significantly hotter than NASA and NOAA initially predicted. Where Are We Now?We have passed…
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🇳🇬 Solar Quietens the Constant Hum from Nigeria’s Generators
Regular visitors to Nigeria will know well the inescapable sound of generators that hum day and night. By some estimates, the machines spanning Africa’s most-populous nation can produce as much as 75 gigawatts of power — well above the amount South Africa, the continent’s biggest economy, can muster. While helping to fill the energy deficit…
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Solar Storms and Africa: Understanding the Sun’s Recent Fury and Its Impact
The Sun, our life-giving star, has been unusually active. In recent weeks, a series of powerful solar eruptions have sent waves of charged particles toward Earth, triggering geomagnetic storms that have disrupted technology and painted skies with auroras. For Africa, this isn’t just distant space weather; it has already caused significant radio communication blackouts across…
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🌍 Africa’s Solar Surge
🚨 Imports of Chinese solar panels into Africa jumped 60% in the 12 months through June 2025. 📊 Total imports: 15,032 MW — up from 9,379 MW the year before. 🏆 Biggest movers: • 🇳🇬 Nigeria (1,721 MW, now 2nd) • 🇩🇿 Algeria (1,199 MW, 33× increase) • 🇿🇲 Zambia (8×), 🇧🇼 Botswana (7×), 🇸🇩…
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Space Weather Report for Pan-Africa – April 2024
Increased Solar Activity and Lunar Phases Influence Earth’s Space Environment 1. Solar Flare & Geomagnetic Activity The Sun has entered a period of heightened activity, with multiple moderate (M-class) solar flares detected in the past week. The most significant eruption occurred on April 2, 2024, from sunspot region AR3663, releasing an M5.6 flare. This event…
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🇪🇬 Scatec signs PPA with Egypt Aluminium for major solar + BESS project
Scatec ASA, a leading renewable energy solutions provider, today signed a 25-year USD-denominated corporate Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Egypt Aluminium for a 1.1 GW Solar PV + 100 MW/200MWh BESS project in Egypt backed by a sovereign guarantee. Egypt Aluminium is the largest aluminium producer and industrial electricity consumer in Egypt and exports approximately…
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X-Flare Alert: Major X4.5- Class Solar Flare & CME
Large and complex sunspot 3825 erupted, producing a major X4.5-class solar flare. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) recorded the extreme ultraviolet flash. A huge plasma plume is hurled out from the sun during the powerful eruption. Coronagraph images from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) show a CME emerging from the blast site. NOAA forecasters…
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