NEW YORK — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Friday that the world is facing “a five-alarm fire” that requires urgent and united global action to be extinguished. “I want to begin the year by raising five alarms — on COVID-19, global finance, climate action, lawlessness in cyber space, and peace and security,” he told the […]
Day: January 21, 2022
Latin America, Asia Latest to Be Hit With Omicron Surge
SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA — In Costa Rica, officials are encouraging those infected with the coronavirus to skip voting in upcoming national elections. On the other side of the world, Beijing is locking down residential communities as the country anxiously awaits the start of the Winter Olympics on Feb. 4. In Latin America and Asia, […]
Climate, COVID, China: Takeaways from Online Davos Event
GENEVA — Government and business leaders have urged cooperation on the world’s biggest issues — climate change, the coronavirus pandemic and the economic recovery — at the World Economic Forum’s virtual gathering. Speeches and discussions from the likes of Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres moved online this week after COVID-19 concerns […]
Sungrow et KarmSolar coopèrent sur le projet BESS microgrid pour le groupe Cairo 3A
LE CAIRE, 21 janvier 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Sungrow, premier fournisseur mondial de solutions d’onduleurs pour les énergies renouvelables, a récemment signé un nouveau contrat BESS (Battery Energy Storage System) avec KarmSolar, le plus grand fournisseur égyptien d’énergie solaire du secteur privé. Sungrow fournira un onduleur solaire de 2,576 MWp et un système de stockage d’énergie de […]
Globeleq’s Malindi Solar Plant is Generating Clean Energy to the National Grid
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Globeleq, the leading independent power company in Africa, and its project partner, Africa Energy Development Corporation (AEDC), has indicated that its 52MWp Malindi Solar photovoltaic (PV) plant has been exporting 40 MWac of power into the national grid since 14 December 2021. The power plant is delivering enough […]