Dubai, UAE | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda, in collaboration with the International Energy Agency (IEA), has launched an ambitious Energy Transition Plan (ETP) at COP28. At the forefront of global climate action. The ETP, resulting from a strategic partnership between Uganda and the IEA, aims to increase Uganda’s renewable energy capacity …
Read More »Can Uganda’s oil and gas sector thrive during ongoing energy transition?
NEWS ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | The debate over an energy transition, the migration from ‘dirty’, nonrenewable forms to renewable, green and clean energy, continues in Uganda, especially over the viability of future fossil oil projects. Uganda is currently the main focus of the global new petroleum greenfield investments and …
Read More »Uganda eyes nuclear option in new energy transition strategy
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At the end of this month, Uganda through the Ministry of Energy will launch the country’s energy transition strategy at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP2) in the United Arab Emirates. The proposed launch of Uganda’s Energy Transition plan has been described as a …
Read More »Chinese, Rwandan scholars explore ways for sustainable natural resource management
Kigali, Rwanda | Xinhua | The growing impact of climate change requires cooperation to ensure sustainable management of natural resources, Chinese and Rwandan scholars and experts said Wednesday during an international forum on the environment. The sixth International Conference on Environment, Energy and Development in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, was co-organized …
Read More »Uganda’s energy transition will happen naturally – Experts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts in the renewable energy sub-sector have called for free progress towards a clean energy society instead of forcing the transition. They advise that the energy sector specifically renewable energy is organic and that Uganda, as a renewable energy market will keep growing as …
Read More »Africa Oil Week
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa must set the terms and the time frames of its own energy transition. This was the message of South African Deputy President Paul Mashatile as he delivered the keynote speech at the African energy event dubbed Africa Oil Week. “We recognise the need to …
Read More »US$3million renewable energy fund in the offing
Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Mott Foundation has announced that it will soon unveil a USD$3 million initiative known as DREEM (Distributed Renewable Energy Ecosystem Model) for ecosystem builders within the AgriSolar economy. Speaking at an AgriSolar stakeholder workshop organized by the Innovation Village in Kampala on Oct.4, Robert Ddamulira, …
Read More »Solar solutions enterprise sees an increase in usage for solar energy in rural areas
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The adoption of green energy to power businesses in rural areas is gaining acceptance as business owners opt for solar gadgets such as refrigerators, television sets, and lighting, as a solution to frequent power usage challenges, according to Village Energy Solar Solution, a social enterprise …
Read More »South Korea-Africa cooperation
Seoul commits US$600 million to Africa’s energy, agriculture Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | South Korea has injected US$600 million into the development of Africa’s energy and agricultural sectors as the call to have close to 600 million Africans get access to an electricity grid gathers pace across the continent. The …
Read More »Ugandan bamboo entrepreneur paves way for sustainable energy solutions
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Divine Nabaweesi abandoned her real estate business to venture into bamboo growing and processing it into various types of handicrafts. Seven years later, at her Divine Bamboo Group Ltd (DBGL) based at Najjeera in Kira Municipality, Wakiso District is part of the sustainable energy …
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