.IRENA speaks to BMW & Microsoft — 2 companies at the forefront of the corporate sourcing of renewables— to find out why corporations are increasingly turning to renewables to power their operations bit.ly/2EtfDfk

SA Energy Ministry to Focus on the #Hydrogen Powered Economy greenbuildingafrica.co.za/sa-energy-mini…

Cape Town pushing to buy $energy directly from #IPPs businesslive.co.za/bd/national/20…

In #Mauritius, grid-connected #solar PV panels are being installed on the rooftops of 10,000 low-income households, who are receiving 50 kWh free #electricity each month. Learn more: irena.org/ADFD #Renewables4Development

#Morocco has set itself one of the world's most ambitious energy targets, to increase the share of #renewable sources to 42% of its energy mix by 2020 — @WSImagazine looks at how the country hopes to achieve that goal bit.ly/2EgdS4H #ClimateAction

#Solar is the world’s fastest growing power generation source #GenerationSolar — Global Market Outlook for Solar Power solarpowereurope.org via SolarPower Europe

Reading: #Hydrogen from renewable power: Technology outlook for the #energy transition irena.org/publications/2… by IRENA

See how #concentrated #solar energy #CSP will contribute to energy storage over the next five years (2019-2023 ) helioscsp.com/is-concentrate…

1/ South Africa’s Energy Minister Jeff Radebe will soon gazette an updated electricity plan - the 2019 IRP. I suspect it will seek a politically astute balance between contesting energy interests - apparently something for everyone although not all will get what they want

#Africa holds 65% of the world’s arable land and the best #solar resource on the planet – these resources could help create, in less than 12 years, a $1 trillion dollar agro-industrial economy capable of unlocking 17 million jobs buff.ly/2UwZwm5 #PoweringJobs #SDG7

Reading: Policies and regulations for renewable energy mini-grids irena.org/publications/2… by IRENA

Short-term quick-win solutions to current loadshedding: 2. Promulgate #IRP2019 without further delay & accelerate the procurement of the stalled expedited Rounds 4.5 & 5, and further rounds, of the Renewable Energy IPP programme for new utility scale wind & solar PV power plants.

You're familiar with lithium-ion batteries — they're what power your mobile phone — but what about sodium-sulfur batteries? #InAbuDhabi a 108 MW 'virtual battery' recently turned on to help the country prepare for more #renewableenergy — Quartz explains bit.ly/2RoBjvX

Genope Africa is proud to support Emvelo. Langa CSP1 part of round 3 #REIPPPP. Project was engineered, procured and constructed by Dankocom EPC, whose consortium partners are Cobra Energia, Sener & Emvelo. #genopeafrica #CSP #energy #solar

Happy birthday !

#Renewables account for a third of global power capacity. The annual increase of 7.9% was bolstered by new additions from #solar and #wind, accounting for 84% of the growth. Read IRENA’s ‘Renewable Capacity Statistics 2019’ 👉 bit.ly/2Wf8gSP

Our new NFT from the "Walking through Africa" collection is now on OpenSea! opensea.io/assets/0x495f9… via OpenSea . #WalkingThroughAfrica

The #Ngorongoro Conservation Area is a protected area and a UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 #WorldHeritageSite located in the Crater Highlands area of #Tanzania.

Rhinos in the Waling in Africa collection on OpenSea opensea.io/assets/0x495f9… via OpenSea #rhino #Africa #NFT Pilanesberg