Tag Archives: Clean wind energy

Big businesses step up to buy energy from new wind and solar farms (FT)

Big businesses are stepping up to buy power from new wind and solar farms in a boost to the renewables industry as cash-strapped governments come under pressure to cut subsidies. The amount of renewable electricity sold to companies under long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) rose 35 per cent last year, according to data from BloombergNEF. […]
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SA and Egypt leave the rest of Africa in the dust with their wind power pipeline and potential(DM)

South Africa and Egypt are leading Africa with their installed capacity for clean wind energy, followed closely by Morocco. However, a significant number of potential wind energy projects across Africa are at risk because of a lack of finance, unstable policy regimes and grid constraints. This is according to the first Status of Wind in Africa […]
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