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Bangladesh Losing Money From Oil-Based Power Generation
As Bangladesh’s government increasingly utilizes costly imported fuel oil for generating power, state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board is facing mounting power bills for imported fuel.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Energy Harvesters Transforming Waste Into Electricity
Billions of dollars lost each year as waste heat from industrial processes can be converted into electricity with a technology being developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Nanoantennas Hold Promise to Improve Solar Panels with Infrared Photovoltaics
Basic scientific curiosity paid off in unexpected ways when Rice University researchers investigating the fundamental physics of nanomaterials discovered a new technology that could dramatically improve solar energy panels. The research is described in...
South Africa Should Promote Research Into Green Technology
Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor says South Africa needs to reduce its reliance on coal and place confidence in other sources of electricity generation as well as promote research and technologies in these sources.
Nigerian Minister of State for Power Inaugurates Hydrogen Plant in Egbin Power Station
The Nigerian minister of State for Power, Nuhu Wya, has inaugurated the N922 million (about US$6 million) hydrogen plant in Egbin Power Station in Lagos State to boost power generation in the country.
Renewable Energy to Make Up 42% of New Electricity
A total of 42 percent of all new electricity generation will be expected to come from renewable energy over the next 20 years, with the approval of the Department of Energy’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2010 plan, said the Director General of...
African Development Bank Approves $25m Loan for Power Facility on Lake Kivu
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a loan $25 million to finance Phase I of the Lake Kivu integrated-methane gas extraction and power production facility in Rwanda.
Plans Still on for Northern Cape Solar Park
South Africa’s Energy Department has branded as incorrect concerns that the planned Northern Cape Solar Park might be abandoned due to the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP2010).
