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
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
IPS, 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
UNIRIN, 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
PANA, 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 »
