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For the first time on May 28, the number of vacant (available) hospital beds in Bengaluru city exceeded the number of occupied ones.

Can Africa carve out a role for itself in the burgeoning hydrogen market? How do cities climate proof their energy sectors and water systems? Where will the funding come from for the 5Ds of the energy transition? These are just some of the pertinent questions and topics up for discussion during ...

Hydrogen, financing the energy transition & climate change in focus at high-level discussions at Enlit Africa next month May 25, 2021 CBN Audio: Can Africa carve out a role for itself in the burgeoning hydrogen market? How do cities climate proof their energy sectors and water systems? Where will the funding come from for the 5Ds of the energy transition? These are just some of the pertinent questions and topics up for discussion during the upcoming  Enlit Africa, taking place from 8 to 10 Jun...

Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja The African Refiners and Distribution Association (ARDA) has called for a consensus by all stakeholders on the need for the continent to quickly take visible steps as the rest of world moves towards cleaner and renewable sources of energy. The ARDA joined by other experts in the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) industry maintained that there’s a looming danger if Africa is left behind in the new energy transition milieu. Executive Secretary of the association, Mr. Anibor ...

A woman cooking with firewood African Refiners and Distribution Association (ARDA) and other experts in the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) industry have warned of imminent danger if Africa fails to quickly adopt modern clean energy as over 850 million Africans still depend on solid fuels (biomass) for cooking. Without strategic efforts towards energy transition, especially for cooking, the experts, who gathered at a workshop organised by ARDA on the need for the adoption of clean cooking fuels, ...

Vanguard News LPG: Refiners, distributors seek adoption of clean energy for cooking On By Obas Esiedesa – Abuja With over 850 million Africans still dependent on solid fuel for cooking, refiners and distributors of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, have called for speedy deployment of clean cooking fuel across the continent. The adoption, LPG experts say, would save the lives of about 600,000 people annually on the continent. Speaking at a virtual workshop organized by African Refiners and Distr...

​Industry majors, including Global LPG Partnership (GLPGP), World LPG Association, Clean Cooking Alliance, Shell Foundation and Oryx Energies at the meeting insisted on the need for the development of a robust African LPG value chain. ​Speaking on the backdrop of the continent’s growing population, the stakeholders led by the Executive Secretary of ARDA, Anibor Kragha said the need for energy transition in the face of projected growing energy demands remain sacrosanct. ​Kragha highlight...

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The Rockefeller Foundation Updates 790 million people across the globe who live without electricity and 2 billion people who are denied reliable, affordable power. $200 billion opportunity for climate-first funders to avoid 626 million tonnes CO2 & deliver universal energy access in Africa by 2030. The climate crisis is the world’s greatest existential threat – but the race to reduce CO2 emissions and achieve global net zero is often perceived as at odds with the scale of economic growth ne...

A woman beetroot farmer with the S4S team. Photo: Special Arrangement/THE HINDU   S4S is promoting solar dehydration as a means to empower women farmers and reduce food waste Life is not easy for the ‘ugly ducklings’ of the agricultural world. For all the perfectly shaped fruits and vegetables that we buy from the green grocers, there are thousands left on their stalks to rot unharvested in the field simply because they do not meet the aesthetic criteria of retailers. Mumbai-based foodtec...