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Aussie Team Tries to Bring Solar Power to African Villages

Anthony Petrolo — Wed, 27 May 2015 19:33:33 +0000

Approximately 400 million people in India lack access to electricity. However, initiatives from an enthusiatic organisation of young and bright minds are readily addressing this issue with small-scale solar power. Pollinate Energy, founded by a small group of young Australians, has been actively involved in assisting people across rural villages to make the transition from […]

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Abengoa Announces First Concentrating Solar Power Plants in Africa

Benji Jerew — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:56:21 +0000

Abengoa Solar, a world renowned designer of solar power systems, has just announced two Concentrating Solar Power [CSP] plants to be built in Africa. These will be the first full-scale solar projects on the African continent, as well as the largest in the world to date. Financed in part by a grant by South Africa, […]

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Orange Brags Having Installed More Than 3 GWh of Solar Power in Africa

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:57:21 +0000

Mobile phones and devices are more and more present on the market, with a figure of 5.8 billion users expected by 2013. Thus, mobile telephony networks, through their corporate responsibility programs, have to plan their expansion taking into account the CO2 amounts their base stations emit, 24/7.

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