Solar energy

FEATURE-In New York, neighbors trading solar energy electrify community

Syria opens its first solar-powered hospital aiming to save more lives

Emerging economies take lead on going green, but investment needed

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  Solar power: A shot in the arm for India's health centres

  India's power-deprived rural clinics hope to start using solar as their main source of electricity, improving care for patients By Anuradha Nagaraj | Fri, 5 May 2017
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  Kenya learns to cook with solar power–even when there's no sun

  A switch to more efficient cooking in Kenya aims to cut deforestation and health problems from cooking over smoky fires By Justus Wanzala | Mon, 10 Apr 2017
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  Sun-powered micro-grids boost fortunes of Lake Victoria fishermen

  With its year-round sunshine, solar power is ideally suited to Kenya where electricity access surged to around 60 percent in 2016 from 27 percent three years before By Moraa Obiria | Tue, 4 Apr 2017
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  blog Can solar pumps give Nepal's women farmers a brighter future?

  Giving women loans to buy solar panels for irrigation - and access to land - can help them build resilience to climate change By Alina Paul-Bossuet | Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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  Sun-powered skin? Energy-saving prosthetic limbs get better feel

  Solar-powered sensors can increase sense and feeling in a limb, so the prosthetic can feel pressure, temperature and texture like natural skin By J.D. Capelouto | Thu, 23 Mar 2017
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  Rural India needs solar power for more than just lighting - study

  Power for businesses and appliances - not just lights - is needed to bring real change in rural India, researchers find By Manipadma Jena | Wed, 31 May 2017
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  Is Pakistan's solar power poised to take off amid energy crisis?

  High quality solar maps - essential to securing financing for major solar projects - show Pakistan is one of the world's best countries for producing solar energy By Rina Saeed Khan | Mon, 8 May 2017
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  Can crowd funding help scale up solar power for Africa's poor?

  Crowd funding investments in developing countries are predicted to exceed $96 billion a year within a decade - World Bank By Maina Waruru | Wed, 26 Apr 2017
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  Beyond light, solar startup seeks to plug in rural homes in Africa

  "It is about changing expectations, raising aspirations, and empowering people to become part of the knowledge economy" By Kieran Guilbert | Fri, 7 Apr 2017
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  In energy starved Indian villages, solar mini-grids light the way

  Cheaper solar power, plenty of sun and a huge need for electricity in a country with 300 million people still lacking access means solar energy has huge potential By Rina Chandran | Mon, 3 Apr 2017
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  Solar energy and salt water power vegetable farms in the desert

  Agriculture of tomorrow: A Norwegian company is setting up a solar-powered facility to grow vegetables without wasting a drop of fresh water By Umberto Bacchi | Fri, 31 Mar 2017
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  Solar boreholes throw lifeline to Kenyan herders

  Many Kenyan livestock keepers are losing their animals to drought - but some are staying afloat by using solar-powered pumps and growing vegetables By Anthony Lang'at | Wed, 22 Mar 2017
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  Private sector power for refugee camps could light up communities

  Refugees worldwide struggle to access energy, and often pay high costs for primitive fuels like firewood By Kieran Guilbert | Tue, 14 Mar 2017
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  'No time for trial and error': Cape Town mayor in green push

  LED streetlights, roof-top solar water heaters, and a push for Cape Town to get a fifth of its energy from renewables by 2020 By Laurie Goering | Wed, 8 Mar 2017
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  Solar-powered Africa “never more possible and less expensive”

  Up to 60 million Africans may already be using off-grid renewable electricity By Maina Waruru | Mon, 20 Feb 2017
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  Solar ambulances to speed into service in Bangladesh

  "I thought if researchers can develop a solar racing car, there is potential to develop a solar ambulance," says one the developers By Mushfique Wadud | Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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  Faced with blackouts, Pakistan's largest public park goes solar

  A reliable power supply for lighting, rides and irrigation is bringing visitors back to the park, at a time when Pakistan's grid suffers frequent outages By Saleem Shaikh and Sughra Tunio | Thu, 2 Feb 2017
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  Former U.S. President Carter goes solar, helping power hometown

  "This site will be as symbolically important as the solar panels we put on the White House" - Carter By Ellen Wulfhorst | Fri, 10 Feb 2017
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  Solar borehole protects Kenyan herders' children from drought

  A herders' borehole is helping protect the lives of thousands of children and animals as a new drought hits By Isaiah Esipisu | Wed, 8 Feb 2017
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  China's solar power capacity more than doubles in 2016

  China is now the world's largest producer of solar energy by capacity By Reuters | Sat, 4 Feb 2017
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  Home-grown Kenyan solar farm powers computers - and protects girls

  When community members wanted solar power but couldn't afford it, they banded together By Benson Rioba | Wed, 25 Jan 2017

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  As solar power expands the work day, incomes rise in eastern Kenya

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  Women solar entrepreneurs drive East African business surge

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  India shows it's serious about solar with giant power plant

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  Kenyan irrigation app aims to cut water waste, crop losses

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  Zambia tries new way to beat drought: solar grain mills

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  Kenya to expand solar mini-grids into poorest areas

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  Solar irrigation cuts drought risk, emissions for Kenya's farmers

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  Climate-threatened nations aim for 100 pct renewable energy

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  Clean energy gains ground - but old dirty habits die hard

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  Vast Moroccan solar power plant is hard act for Africa to follow

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  Drought-hit Mozambique signs first major solar power deal

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  Taste of solar power whets appetite for more in Kenya, survey says

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  Tesla's Musk adds solar roofs to his clean energy vision

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  Google Earth images shed light on where solar rooftops make sense

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  Solar battery power takes up the charge in Kenya

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  In fume-choked Kochi, a solar rickshaw glides to the rescue

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  Solar-powered televisions brighten homes in rural Kenya

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  Climate fund to push off-grid renewables into Africa's mainstream

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  As prices plunge, Africa surges into clean, cheap solar energy

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  Here's how to power local economies, cleanly

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  Solar scale-up in Pakistan hits roadblock after payments slashed

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  High costs slowing Sri Lanka push toward solar energy

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  Can Pakistan become a renewable energy giant?

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  What's holding back off-grid solar power in Zimbabwe?

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  How do we cut poverty and emissions? Fund some clean energy

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  Affordable solar schemes light way to energy for all in Zimbabwe

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  Mali's banks woo clients with hire-purchase solar power kits

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  Solar energy firms get loans to light up rural Tanzania

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  Africa battles to get big solar projects on grid

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  Could UAE solar push lead a trend for the Gulf?

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  Will Rwanda's push for prosperity be powered by the sun?

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  Insurance could protect India's solar panels from "monkey menace"

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  Dodging costs and outages, Tanzanian firms profit from solar drive

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  Drought-parched Zambia turns to the sun to keep water flowing

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  Solar panels power business surge - not just lights - in Tanzania

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  To curb climate change, "we need to move everything" - investors

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  Solar power, text messages fight maternal deaths in rural Cameroon

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  Zimbabwe looks to the sun as drought hits hydropower

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  Seeing no end to power crisis, Gazans turn to the sun

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  Solar tower in desert promotes Israel's renewable energy drive

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  Solar-power wells ease conflict over water in Kenya's Rift Valley

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  Solar power surges – slowly – in regulation-heavy Russia

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  Solar power fuels hope on neglected Lagos island

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  Bangladesh fires up large-scale solar to boost power generation

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  Student-built solar motorbikes hit the road in Kenya

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  Solar oven helps Kenyan women bake their way to a better life

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  World's first solar airport takes off in southern India

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  Solar panels empower indigenous people in Canada's north

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  Cambodia eyes bright solar future with tuk-tuks and microfinance

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  From hearing aids to farming, solar energy powers green innovation

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  Solar-powered cars spark South Africans' interest in clean tech

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  In Pakistan, solar water heaters help a town move away from wood

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  "Smart" solar palm trees power Wi-Fi, phones in Dubai

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  Tanzania maps its renewable energy future

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  Solar lamps turn Pakistani women into green energy entrepreneurs

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  South Africa's jobless ignite creative power with solar kits

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  Solar microgrid firm vies for Kenya's last-mile power customers

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  SoftBank, partners eye $20 bln investment in Indian solar projects

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  Cameroon trains new generation of clean energy entrepreneurs

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  Zimbabwe 'solar pirates' create own jobs with laptop, solar panel

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  How fast is solar energy taking off?

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  As government gets on board, solar prepares to shine in Egypt

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  Microgrids and mobile tech bring solar power to rural Kenya

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  In North Korea, solar panel boom gives power to the people

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  Like shale oil, solar power is shaking up global energy

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  Zimbabwe capital turns to solar streetlights to cut costs, crime

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  Solar to power thousands of off-grid homes in north Pakistan

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  Bangladesh aims to be world's 'first solar nation'

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  US firms pledge to build 20 GW of renewable energy in India

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  Solar 'generators' power up remote homes, factories

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  Drought-hit Pakistan turns to solar water treatment

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  New-generation solar panels cheaper, more efficient-scientists

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  Solar to grab bigger slice of Kenya's clean energy pie

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  India builds solar plants atop canals to save on land, water

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  Pakistan to pull solar energy into national power grid

 

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  Rising heat

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  Women and climate change

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  Food and climate change