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Morocco, IRENA to boost renewables, green hydrogen development
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Morocco’s Energy Ministry have signed an agreement to develop the country green hydrogen industry in a bid to make the country a major exporter.
Ethiopia rejects Arab League’s support for United Nations intervention over GERD
Ethiopia has rejected the Arab League’s call for the GERD hydropower dispute with Egypt to be referred to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
South Africa offers “win-win” for hydrogen
Hydrogen offers South Africa a "win-win" for the government’s employment and decarbonisation goals, as the country can use its wind and sun resourced to produce low-carbon hydrogen for export and for use in the domestic economy.
AFRELEC: Globeleq begins grid-scale solar storage project in Mozambique
Africa-focused IPP Globeleq has begun to build a 9-MW solar and 7-MWh energy storage project at Cuamba in northern Mozambique.
EU, IEA call for energy access to be centre of African development finance
EU Commissioner Frans Timmermans and IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said that Africa could achieve universal access to power by 2030 if the rest of the world, led by Europe, puts energy access at the centre of economic co-operation with Africa.
G7 leaders’ green pledges are not enough to reach net zero
Ending public coal power investment in 2021 must be just the first step in reducing the role of fossil fuels
Globeleq begins work on grid-scale solar, storage project in Mozambique
Africa-focused IPP Globeleq and European government-backed Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) have officially broken ground on a 19-MW solar plant and a 7-MWh energy storage power in Cuamba in northern Mozambique.
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