Jeremiah Thoronka, a student from Sierra Leone who invented a device that uses kinetic energy from traffic and pedestrians to generate clean power, has been named the winner of the Chegg.org Global Student Prize 2021
Energy
AfDB welcomes US$136mn in donor support for Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has welcomed US$136mn in additional donor commitments for the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA)
Wärtsilä receives repeat order from Nigerian cement producer
Wärtsilä will supply a 70MW captive power plant for the BUA’s new Sokoto cement production plant in Nigeria which follows an order for a 50MW power plant from the same customer just two years earlier
Making a difference in the clean energy sector by upcycling heat to clean electricity
At the Enlit Africa Digital Event, hosted virtually between 26-28 October, Claire Volkwyn, head of content, Enlit Africa, held a session to discuss how businesses can make an enormous stride towards reducing their carbon footprint by upcycling heat to clean electricity
Connecting the dots: Grids, mini-grids and micro-grids
Africa’s transmission and distribution infrastructure is integral to bringing power to the people, and it is now opening up to investors