AfrElec - Africa Power Monitor
19 March 2020
Energy transition faces tough test after COVID-19 and cheap oil
18 March 2020
Post-crisis economic stimulus packages much be focused on clean energy and not coal if the fight against climate change is not to be derailed
AfDB supports Nigeria’s struggling power sector
12 March 2020
The African Development Bank has agreed to lend $200mn to Nigeria’s Rural Electricity Agency (REA) to boost access to power for domestic, commercial and industrial customers in rural areas.
Emerging off-grid sector to play key role in achieving universal access
12 March 2020
Investment in off-grid energy access between 2010 and 2019 reached $2.1bn, connecting 420mn people to off-grid solar supplies and 47mn to local mini-grids.
$600bn of coal investment at risk from competitive wind and solar
12 March 2020
The falling price of renewables means that the 499 GW of new coal capacity planned or being built worldwide could be a $638bn waste of money.
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