Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To the people of Mbiabet Esieyere and Mbiabet Udouba in Nigeria’s deep south, sundown would mean children doing their homework by ...

South Africa’s electricity system is changing. After years of blackouts until 2024, the state-owned energy company Eskom is being unbundled into smaller companies, and the sector is increasingly open ...

Solar energy can cut costs and pollution for South African households, but fear of theft holds people back. Shared mini-grids ...

As wind and solar power expand rapidly worldwide, researchers are confronting a growing challenge: how to effectively ...

Abba Aliyu, the Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), has assured that the newly released mini-grid ...

Cameroon’s renewable energy policy direction shifted dramatically during the past decade, with increased focus on solar, off-grid and mini-grid deployments, new research has found. An international ...

When strips of solar panels arrived in his remote village in northeast Zambia, Damaseke Mwale saw an opportunity. He bought land, built a house and set up businesses including a grocery store and a ...

Nigeria has launched an ambitious $750 million renewable electrification programme aimed at expanding electricity access through solar mini-grids and off-grid power systems, a move officials say could ...

Look closely at a solar panel, and you'll see a series of thin metallic lines running across the surface. They're not there to look nice — they have a specific purpose. Those lines are called the grid ...

Nigeria's new mini-grid regulations increase capacity to 10MW and streamline permits, set to accelerate renewable energy ...

The Ministry of Power says it has installed solar-powered mini grids in some isolations centres across the country to provide 24 hours power supply. Artimas said that the installation of the ...