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Kenya Electricity Generating Company Plans To Install 3000 MW of Additional Renewable Generation Capacity

January 9, 2023 admin africa, clean power, geothermal energy, hydroelectric, Kenya

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2023 23:15:56 +0000

Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) has an installed generation capacity of 1,904 MW, of which over 86% is drawn from green sources, namely: hydro (826 MW), geothermal (799 MW), and wind (25.5 MW). The rest (253 MW), is generated from fossil fuels at its thermal power plants. KenGen is the largest power generating company […]

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Zambia Increases Load-Shedding To 12 Hours a Day!

January 7, 2023 admin africa, clean power, hydroelectric, zambia

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2023 01:30:09 +0000

The water levels in Kariba Dam are dangerously low, mainly due to climate change-induced irregular rainfall patterns. The dam is shared between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The dam hosts hydropower generation plants for both countries. The installed generation capacity on the Zimbabwe side is 1,050 MW. On the Zambian side, the installed generation capacity is 1080 […]

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Tanzania Starts Filling The Julius Nyerere Dam For 2115 MW Hydropower Plant

December 29, 2022 admin africa, clean power, hydroelectric, tanzania

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2022 20:30:17 +0000

Tanzania has started filling the Julius Nyerere Dam for the new 2,115 MW hydropower plant. The project cost is said to be about $3 billion. Tanzania currently has an installed capacity of around 1,600 MW. 48% of this capacity is from natural gas, 31% from hydropower, with the rest mostly from other fossil fuels. The […]

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Gridworks To Invest $50 Million In Virunga Power To Ramp Up Run-Of-River Hydro Projects Across Several African Countries

December 24, 2022 admin africa, clean power, green economy, gridworks, hydroelectric, investment

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 22:43:22 +0000

Gridworks, is a UK government-backed investor in Africa’s electricity networks. It is wholly owned by British International Investment, the UK’s development finance institution. Gridworks invests in transmission, distribution, and distributed renewable energy, both on and off-grid. Gridworks says that its focus is to create development impact by connecting Africa’s people and businesses to reliable, affordable, […]

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Underground Water Battery To Bust Energy Storage Dam Wide Open

December 2, 2022 admin arpa-e, clean power, clean tech, closed loop energy storage, cps energy, DOE, Energy, Energy Storage, hydroelectric, national hydropower association, nrel, pumped hydro, quidnet energy, renewable energy, san antonio, texas, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 19:30:56 +0000

Pumped hydro already accounts for 93% of utility-scale energy storage in the US, and plans are in the works to build up from there.

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Natel Energy “Restoration Hydro” Improves Aquatic Biodiversity

November 10, 2022 admin clean power, climate change, Department of Energy (DOE), hydroelectric, hydropower, natel energy, oak ridge national laboratory (ornl), renewable energy, restoration hydro, SCIENCE, Water

Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2022 17:30:24 +0000

One of the world’s biggest sources of renewable energy is hydropower, which generates around 16% of the global electricity supply. As the world looks to meet net-zero targets, hydropower is slated to play a key role in combating climate change. Just 37% of the world’s 246 longest rivers remain free-flowing — without any human-made dams, […]

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Clean Energy Supply Chain Analyses

November 10, 2022 admin batteries, clean power, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, geothermal energy, grid, hydroelectric, lithium-ion batteries, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), pumped hydro storage, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2022 18:30:39 +0000

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) acted as lead authors on five reports in a larger series designed to strengthen America’s clean energy supply chains. The following NREL-authored, topic-specific “deep-dive” studies are intended to inform national policy at the highest level. Solar Photovoltaics (PV) [PDF] Solar power could supply 40% […]

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CCG’s COP27 Policy Brief Series Looks At How To Enable Southern Africa’s Transition To A Low-Carbon Electricity System

November 6, 2022 admin africa, clean power, cop27, hydroelectric, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2022 16:00:41 +0000

The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP), is one of the more developed power pools on the African continent. The SAPP operates four competitive electricity markets between 12 member countries. It has facilitated trade between utilities in Southern Africa since 1995. The operating member countries include Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi, […]

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Existing Water Infrastructure Holds Key To Generating More U.S. Hydropower

November 3, 2022 admin america’s water infrastructure act of 2018, clean power, conduit hydropower, hydroelectric, hydropower regulatory efficiency act of 2013, oak ridge national laboratory, oak ridge national laboratory (ornl), ornl, pumped hydro storage, SCIENCE, us department of energy (doe), Water

Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 22:31:48 +0000

The United States has a great network of waterways that is used for municipal, agricultural, and industrial purposes. With millions of miles of pipelines and conduits, the opportunity to harness that wasted energy with conduit hydropower is tremendous. In a recent study at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, there was great […]

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Tenerife’s Barriers To Renewable Energy Are Substantial But Not Insurmountable

November 1, 2022 admin batteries, canary islands, clean power, Energy Storage, Europe, Fossil Fuels, geothermal energy, hydroelectric, lithium-ion batteries, Solar energy, Tenerife, wind energy

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2022 22:10:49 +0000

Renewable energy development in the Canary Islands will need to transform the existing conventional infrastructure while creating interconnections with the mainland and neighboring islands.