Lake
methane could power entire nation
A
giant pipe tapping gas from a huge lake could provide electric power
for much of Rwanda, help revive its devastated forests and quell the
danger of a bizarre natural disaster.
New
Scientist
Mar 03 03
Nigeria
wins $1bn gas deal
Nigerian
Government promises to reduce the gas it flares and wins $1bn (£630m)
towards a major new gas initiative to reduce global warming.
BBC
Dec 19 02
Fuel
Cells Promise Brave New World for Platinum
Fuel-cell
technology has developed sufficient momentum to make some industries
- particularly the platinum industry - start revising their plans
for the future.
allAfrica.com
Nov 27 02
Gas
Wisdom From Gaslink
Indigenous
gas company gradually breaks monopoly of the National Electric Power
Authority, NEPA, as the only source of power supply in Nigeria.
Newswatch
Nov 23 02
Renewable
Energy Technology Combats Deforestation
Cheap
solar energy may end reliance on vegetation as major source of energy.
allAfrica.com
Oct 24 02
The
car that runs on air
South
Africa sees launch of prototype new car which designers say runs on
air.
BBC
Oct 24 02
Solar
Power for Three Communities
Private
solar energy provider, Terrasolar Ghana Ltd, begins negotiations with
three districts in the Eastern Region to provide them with solar power.
allAfrica.com
Oct 16 02
World
Bank sticks by Chad-Cameroon pipeline
World
Bank stand by plans for oil pipeline between Chad and Cameroon despite
internal report suggesting the project is harming the environment.
Planet
Ark
Sep 12 02
Solar
Cookers Impress Summit Crowd
Johannesburg - Solar cookers impress attendees at World Summit as
possible way to fight deforestation.
ABC
Aug 28 02
Climbers
in the dawn spell out the message for the day
Nukes
Out of Africa campaign attracts attention in Johannesburg.
Greenpeace
Aug 24 02
South
Africa Urged to Lead on Renewable Energy Ahead of WSSD
Call
for international commitment to draw at least 20 percent of global
primary energy from renewable resources by 2020.
allAfrica.com
Aug 14 02
Atersa
to provide solar power to off-grid villages in Senegal
Senegal
- Atersa to supply solar electric power systems to power 227 rural
villages in Senegal. Utility
Automation
Aug 08 02
South
Africa signs Kyoto pact
South
Africa signs the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change.
Xinhuanet
Aug 03 02
Hands
up or we strip!
Six
hundred Nigerian women hold US oil giant, ChevronTexaco, to ransom
armed with a simple weapon - the threat of taking all their clothes
off.
The
Guardian
July 22 02
African
Groups Want Aid, Trade from Earth Summit
Pessure
groups say Africa needs cash, technological help and trade concessions
from rich countries if it is to protect its environment and meet its
development goals.
Reuters
July 20 02
Reduced
Forest Cover Causes Climate Change
Africa
Environment Outlook report reveals that Africa's forest cover has
reduced by 30% in the last 30 years causing climate change, danger
to tourism and human welfare.
allAfrica.com
July 16 02
Africa
Needs Green Growth to Fight Pollution -UN
UN
report, Africa Environment Outlook (AEO), says urgent action needed
by all the nations to fight global warming and pollution or Africa
may be facing unprecedented disaster.
Reuters
July 04 02
Angola
fines Chevron for pollution
Angola
fines US oil giant ChevronTexaco $2m (£1.3m) for causing environmental
damage.
BBC
July 01 02
Renewable
Energy White Paper released
South
Africa - Draft White Paper on the Promotion of Renewable Energy and
Clean Energy Development released.
Engineering
News
June 22 02
Uganda
to build Nile dam despite environmentalists
Uganda
to go ahead with controversial hydroelectric power project whether
environmentalist critics like it or not.
Business
Report/Reuters
June 21 02
Nigeria:
Focus on pollution in Lagos
Medical
experts say increase in cases of asthma not surprising in Lagos -
a city of cars and electricity generators. Lagos is one of the few
large cities of several million people in the world without an intra-city
rail system.
IRIN
News
June 21 02
Fresh
Fuel Crisis Looms
Fuel
supplies to filling stations in Zimbabwe dwindle.
allAfrica.com
June 10 02
Big
solar plan for Northern Cape
South
African power utility Eskom could operate world's largest concentrating
solar power (CSP) plant.
Escom
Enterprises News
June 03 02
Solar
Energy Plans For Schools Started
A
solar project aimed at solving energy problems in schools has been
launched in Kenya.
allAfrica.com
May 15 02
Recurring
Fuel Scarcity
Acute
fuel shortages paralyse business and leisure activities in Nigeria.
allAfrica.com
April 29 02
