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Tests began on solar lights on loan from OG2 Lighting at the start of the year to see how the tree canopy and sap in the Quarry could affect the output. Shrewsbury Town Council has now had the [...]

For Rhoda Tanko, preparing dishes of okra or egusi soup in her small shack was a daily ordeal spent battling the dizzying, toxic black fumes spewed out by her charcoal stove. “Every time I had to [...]

Thanks to improvements in renewable energy technologies, poor households in rural Africa can now afford solar lamps, and some can even buy a fuel-efficient stove. And for these families, even [...]

Researchers from the University’s Department of Public Health and Policy have received £2 million funding from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to develop a new NIHR Global [...]

Currently there is great controversy over energy sources needed to help realise Kenya’s manufacturing plan, one of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Big Four agenda pillars. There is controversy over [...]

The June Budget contained a proposal that will likely have a significant impact on the use of solar power by low-income households in Kenya. The removal of VAT exemption on solar accessories, [...]

Imagine having to use a kerosene lamp for child delivery because there’s no electricity. What if something goes wrong and the lamp goes off? What will happen to the woman and the baby making its [...]

New Delhi: A part of kerosene subsidy savings in India could be invested in helping the vulnerable section of society access clean lighting through off-grid solar lighting technologies, a new [...]