German cooperation and the European Union are to donate around 60 million euros to fund projects for access to renewable energy in rural areas of Mozambique. According to Rádio Moçambique, the projects will be implemented under the GET Fit Mozambique program, created to boost rural electrification in different African countries....
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Government bets on renewable energies
The government wants to continue investing in the production of renewable energy, with a view to implementing the presidential initiative Energy for All by 2030. The Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy said, quoted by Radio Mozambique, that the use of renewable energies is one of the national energy solutions. António Saíde was speaking this Friday in Maputo, during...
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G20 commits to renewable energies, but avoids saying "yes" to getting out of fossil fuels
The G20 group was deeply divided on oil on Saturday, deciding not to call for a switch away from fossil fuels, but to support, for the first time, the tripling of renewable energies by 2030. The G20's commitment to renewable energies, reached at the New Delhi summit, was seen as a "glimmer of hope" for...
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ADB approves $7.88 million for Fair Energy Transition in Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) will allocate 7.88 million dollars from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) to the Africa Energy Transition Catalyst Program (AETC), which aims to increase renewable energy generation across the continent. The AETC consolidates...
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UK and Sweden inject 192 million meticals for renewable energies in Mozambique
This Wednesday, May 17, the governments of the United Kingdom and Sweden signed an agreement to inject 2.4 million pounds, the equivalent of more than 192 million Meticais, into Mozambique's renewable energy program, which has been underway since 2019 and is scheduled to end in 2024, covering 1.9 million people....
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Africa can adopt renewable energy on a massive scale
Article by Kenneth Engblom - Vice President, Wärtsilä Energy, Europe and Africa Africa's energy future at a crossroads When it comes to Africa's energy future, the decisions facing the continent's leaders today are of historic importance, no more and no less. More than anything else, energy systems form the fabric of commercial activity and...
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Renewable energies "only credible way" to avoid climate catastrophe
The Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) said today that renewable energies are "the only credible way" to avoid a climate catastrophe, before the assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency in Abu Dhabi. Only renewable energies can safeguard our future, bridge the energy access gap, stabilize prices and...
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EU to invest 190 million euros in new renewable energy projects
The European Union (EU) ambassador to Mozambique, António Maggiore, has announced that the organization of countries will invest around 190 million euros in new renewable energy projects in order to harness the potential of the Pearl of the Indian Ocean. Mozambique has the capacity to generate 15.0GW of hydroelectric power - the highest potential in Africa...
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Government maps out mini-grid concession areas for renewable energy
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy says that the mapping of areas for the concession of renewable energy mini-grids is underway in the country. Teodoro Vales was speaking this Tuesday in Maputo at the opening of the Business Conference - Renewables in Mozambique 2022. Vales stressed that the government is aware that the participation of...
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IEA predicts doubling of renewable energy capacity in the next five years
The International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts a doubling of installed renewable energy capacity worldwide over the next five years, with an unprecedented growth of 2,400 gigawatts, the equivalent of the last 20 years. In the annual report on renewable energies published today, the IEA focuses mainly on the evolution of clean energies...