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Recovering the Missing Millions Owed to Africa’s Minigrids

GreenTechMedia

The minigrid funding commitment from international donor organizations is “in the billions,” says Daniel Kitwa, energy access finance advisor at the Africa Minigrid Developers Association (AMDA). billion allocated to sub-Saharan Africa. This requires skills that would command a premium anywhere, and even more so in Africa.

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Global wind industry reached nearly 100 GW of new installed capacity in 2020

Renewable Energy World

GW higher than the country’s previous record in 2012. GW in Europe and 863 MW in Africa and the Middle East, while Asia Pacific accounted for 57.3 This was 77% more than in 2019 and 2.6 GE supplied 57% (9.4 GW across 14 U.S. Total onshore wind additions in 2020 were 19.4 GW in the Americas, 12.6

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More than 75% of global insect species not adequately protected

Grist

Insects fared better in the Amazonian region, Africa, Western Australia, and Eastern and Central Europe, while achieving less protected area coverage in North America and South and Southeast Asia. There are more than 200,000 protected areas around the globe , including marine protected areas.

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Revealed: How Development Banks Underwrote Fast Food’s Global Takeover

DeSmogBlog

A review of press accounts, financial disclosures, and the companies’ websites shows this support aided these firms’ KFC-linked operations in up to 13 countries in Asia, Africa, and Europe. In South Africa, the IFC helped one KFC supplier bolster its operations across the region. The EBRD sold its stake in the company in 2019.

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EBRD invests in Egyptian copper rod manufacturing

Smart Energy International

UMC is a subsidiary of Elsewedy Electric, an Egyptian industrial group that has a strong presence in Africa, Europe and Asia, and is listed on the Egyptian stock exchange in Cairo. Since 2012 the EBRD has invested more than €11 billion ($11.7

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SparkMeter Closes $12M Round to Expand From Metering Minigrids to Analyzing ‘Broken Grids’

GreenTechMedia

From its start in 2012 as a spinout of a nonprofit group bringing power to Haitian towns and villages, the company has expanded to more than 22 countries and more than 100,000 meters sold. SparkMeter, a Washington, D.C.-based based startup, has made it its mission to provide a metering platform to meet these atypical operating conditions.

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Oil Firm Under Investigation for Corruption is Contractor on Cambo North Sea Project

DeSmogBlog

The SFO is investigating Petrofac for alleged bribes in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia over more than 15 years, according to the Guardian. In January 2021, David Lufkin, a former Petrofac executive, pleaded guilty to 14 counts of bribery between 2012 and 2018. billion.