Madagascar Aims to Plug Energy Gap
The government plans to plug its energy gap by encouraging a major investment in large-scale wind-turbines despite criticism from experts who claim there are better renewable energy options.
A wind-farm facility.
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Madagascar: Experts Question Country's Bid to Tap Wind Energy
SciDev.Net, 21 February 2012
Madagascar is aiming to plug its energy gap and reduce its carbon emissions by encouraging a major investment in large-scale wind-turbines, the country's interim president, Andry ... read more »
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Africa: Green Energy Key to Lighting Up Africa (opinion)
Business Daily, 20 February 2012
Nineteenth-century European explorers called Africa the "Dark Continent," because to them it was vast and largely unknown. read more »
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Southern Africa: Strengthen Cooperation to Secure Power
Inter Press Service, 16 October 2010
Southern African nations need to agree on a common operational system to manage energy in the region, environmental experts advise. If they don't, the region could experience power ... read more »
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Madagascar: World Bank Credit Will Help Manage Country's Mineral Resources
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks, 15 May 2003
The World Bank has approved a US $32 million International Development Association (IDA) credit to help Madagascar manage its mineral resource more effectively, so as to accelerate ... read more »
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Madagascar: Madagascar Gets 6.6 Million Dollars From BADEA
Panafrican News Agency, 6 October 1998
The Arab Bank for Economic Development in
Africa has offered Madagascar a loan of 6.6 million US dollars to
finance the second phase of the country's energy development project. read more »
InFocus
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The current energy generating capacity of the country stands at 1,996MW and the government plans to use alternative energy sources to meet the demand. Read more »
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The United States Trade Mission is visiting Mozambique, Tanzania, Nigeria and Ghana to look at potential investment projects with the aim of enhancing the countries' ability to ... Read more »
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The continent has joined the rest of the world in investing in alternate sources of energy. Read more »
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The country has not been able to meet it energy needs by using traditional sources for the production of electricity. At this point it would be more cost effective for the country to invest money into a wind powered turbines than to improve and rebuild the power producing sector. Maybe it is time for the country to move in another direction to solve its energy needs.