A gentleman from South Africa asked for my feedback on a new concept in hydrokinetics aimed at capturing energy from ocean currents. I hope a few readers will find my response interesting: Hi, and thanks very much for sharing this …
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Bringing Electrification Based on Renewable Energy To the Developing World
Kenny Hearn from South Africa writes: Highly underdeveloped countries have all the making to move directly to renewables. Mozambique has a massive hydroelectric plant already, Namibia has massive potential for solar thermal to power surrounding countries and the list goes …
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Tagged with: battery technologies, bringing electrification to the developing world, Electric Vehicles, Future of Transportation, hydroelectric plants, Hydrogen, incursion on natural resources, Melinda Gates, Mozambique, Namibia potential for solar thermal, preference for electricity over hydrogen, renewable resources, renewables, South Africa, sustainability, sustainable future, ubiquity of electricity, Zambezi River
Bringing Concentrated Solar Power to Africa
Here’s an article that suggests that concentrated solar power (aka solar thermal) may be on its way to greatness in Africa, and discusses the path by which CSP can achieve that stature. In terms of renewables generally, the author points …
Tagged with: centralized generation, concentrated solar power, CSP, distributed generation, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe, fossil fuels, Kenya, microgrids, Nigeria, power generation monopolies, renewable energy in Africa, renewables, solar energy, South Africa, sustainability, sustainable energy policy, Wind Energy
Bringing Clean Energy to Rural Africa
In response to a friend in South Africa who wanted my opinion on a business plan to bring fuel cells and solar PV to rural Africa, I wrote: Very interesting. Certainly the solar product with batteries makes sense. I think …
