Environmental challenges continue to ignite innovation and motivation
Clean power developments are well underway in South Africa, with a prominent focus in the news this week.
Enel Green Power RSA (EGP RSA), announced on Monday the commissioning of the Adams and Pulida solar photovoltaic (PV) plants, located in South Africa’s Northern Cape and Free State provinces respectively.
Together the plants will generate 318GWh per year, equivalent to the annual consumption needs of around 100,000 South African households.
In addition, the plants will offset more than 290,000 tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere each year.
With efforts to reduce its carbon footprint, Kenya has been driving cleaner and more sustainable methods of household power generation – The 2016 International Energy Agency report, Energy and Air Pollution, notes that Kenya aims to eliminate kerosene use in households by 2022, adding that improved biomass cook-stoves are already relatively available in urban areas.
UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Cities & Climate Change, Michael Bloomberg, said: “Kenya’s pledge to reduce carbon by 30% is a great example of how growing countries can build their economies while also reducing the risks they face from climate change.”
Bloomberg attributed many of these developments to the private sector and the critical role it plays in bridging the gap between ambition and action in confronting climate change.
Are clean power projects being rolled out at a fast enough pace to make a real impact, or are we too late to reverse even a tiny fraction of the damage caused; share your thoughts with us and tell us what your business is doing to reduce its carbon footprint.
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