Technology Solutions

Under an existing partnership, Absolicon Solar Concentrator will install a solar collector production line for Creative Power Solutions (CPS) in Egypt. This equipment is used to produce heat through…

With the support of the African Development Bank (AfDB), the government of Mozambique is seeking a consultant for the studies of a battery electricity storage project and a pumped-storage…

Zimbabwe's parliament has approved a budget of Z$77.3 billion (over US$213 million) for drinking water and irrigation in 2023. The budget will allow the government of the East African country to…

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is providing €3.73 million in financing to Togo. The funding will enable the Togolese government to prepare the implementation of a project to electrify 317…

On the sidelines of the 15th Conference of the Parties on Biodiversity (COP15) which closed on 19 December 2022 in Montreal, Canada, the Gabonese government signed a partnership agreement with The…

The Ugandan government is inaugurating a new drinking water supply system in the town of Kagadi, in western Uganda. The new facilities benefit 150,000 people. The new drinking water supply system…

Last week’s experiment in the US is promising, but it’s not a magic bullet for our energy needs

Fossil fuel subsidies are a stupid idea. We aren’t so much decarbonising our economy as turbocharging its carbon intensity

Dr Mark Diesendorf questions the claim that nuclear fusion is safe and clean, while Dr Chris Cragg suspects true fusion power is a long way off. Plus letters from Dick Willis and Martin O’Donovan

Lynmouth Road, Walthamstow, is about to become its own power station, with solar energy for 30 homes. Now the artists responsible want us all to change how we heat our homes

António Guterres announces a climate ambition summit to confront ‘existential threat’ facing the planet The goal of limiting global heating to 1.5C is “gasping for breath”, the UN secretary general…

Energy minister Chris Bowen says the batteries – shared between four states – will increase capacity tenfold to help stabilise the grid Eight large batteries to store renewable energy will be built…

James Blyth invented a windmill in 1887 that generated electricity to light his Scottish holiday cottage

Tom Smith, William Walker and Neil Smith respond to Samanth Subramanian’s long read on the enormous task of dismantling Sellafield

As the news agenda moved to dizzying speed in 2022, the Guardian stayed true to its values to deliver journalism with clarity, truth, wit, ideas, and an occasional dose of hope. We proved that a fast…

IFC and commercial banks help finance developer AMEA Power to build 500MW plants that will generate 'at some of least expensive rates globally' More than a gigawatt of wind and solar set for…

If Qatar exploits all its reserves it will add 50bn metric tons of CO2 to atmosphere, more than entire annual emissions of whole world

Report from chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty finds air pollution kills up to 36,000 people a year in England “Ecodesign” wood burning stoves produce 450 times more toxic air pollution than…

Locals desperate for lower bills, jobs and economic revival have been seduced by this plan, but they – and we – will suffer

The Western Cape and Northern Cape have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop a green hydrogen corridor and hub. The MoU contains heads of agreement on the principles and areas of…