Energy & Green Tech
A joint study by the University of Tübingen, the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, the University of Osnabrück and the University of Rwanda has found that 80% of the energy required in Africa could come from renewable ...
Jan 16, 2024
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Internet
In urban African communities, communication infrastructure has made it possible for people to share information quickly and easily. However, the same cannot be said for rural areas where there are tight resource constraints ...
Jan 4, 2024
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Business
Taking key measures to reduce the power consumption of cooling equipment would cut at least 60 percent off predicted 2050 sectoral emissions, provide universal access to life-saving cooling, take the pressure off energy grids ...
Dec 5, 2023
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Internet
"Information wants to be free"—but at what cost?
Aug 24, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
A full 675 million people worldwide still lack access to electricity, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a report published Tuesday by several international organizations.
Jun 6, 2023
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Telecom
The Biden administration is taking the first steps to release $45 billion to ensure that every U.S. resident has access to high-speed internet by roughly 2028, inviting governors and other leaders on Friday to start the application ...
May 13, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Thirty years ago, ending energy poverty wasn't among the world's development goals. Neither the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development nor the Millennium Development Goals 2000–2015 placed it on the agenda.
Nov 9, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Access to modern, reliable, and affordable energy services is a must for development and ensuring a decent quality of life. IIASA researchers used a novel bottom-up approach to analyze how access to energy services may evolve ...
Aug 5, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Forced contraception in exchange for aid is the solution.
Oct 6, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
IIASA researchers have developed a novel measurement framework to track energy poverty that better aligns with the services people lack rather than capturing the mere absence of physical connections to a source of electricity. ...
Sep 21, 2020
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