The share of low-carbon industries in global energy investment increased from 46% to 59% from 2015 to 2021 and is set to pick up 60% in 2022, as it follows from the annual report of the World Energy Investment published by the International Energy Agency.
Rwanda has commissioned a 5 MW Musushito-Rukarara hydropower plant (HPP) to supply 175,000 households in the Nyamagabe district in the south of the country. The 32 billion Rwandan franc ($31 million) project will save 14.5,000 tons of CO2 per year equivalent to the annual absorption capacity of the trees on a 1,000-hectare area.
The scientists from the National Research University of Electronic Technology (MIET) and the researchers from the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) have tested one of the methods for cost reduction of Graetzel cells, which are dye-sensitised solar cells, named after their developer Michael Graetzel, the Global Energy Prize laureate. The innovation comes down to the use of a metal-free dye instead of expensive ruthenium meant to impart photosensitivity to the materials used in a cell.
Oleg Favorsky, an Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) and a Laureate of the Global Energy Prize, passed away aged 93, on June 24, 2022.
A consortium of investors headed by Saudi power generation company ACWA Power has signed an agreement with the Egyptian government on development of a 1.1 GW wind farm project to be located on the Suez Canal coast. A $1.5 billion complex is to be commissioned by the end of 2026 with the participation of Egyptian engineering and construction company Hassan Allam Holding.
The Nigerian state of Lagos, home to the country’s largest urban agglomeration, plans to commission 600 MW of solar generating capacity. As the PV Magazine says, the photovoltaic panels will be placed on the rooftops of industrial and commercial buildings, and help alleviate Lagos’ energy shortage exceeding 80%.
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