Showing posts with label World Bank. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World Bank. Show all posts

Saturday, April 7, 2007

Fund to insure geothermal explorers in East Africa

From Reuters via Renewable Energy Access...
Great Rift Valley has potential to produce 50% of capacity for East Africa

"The United Nations and World Bank have launched a fund to help insure energy explorers hunting geothermal power sources under Africa's volcanic Great Rift Valley, officials said [March 22]. The Rift has the potential to produce more than 400 megawatts of geothermal electricity, U.N. experts say, or more than half east Africa's total power generation capacity, including all its power stations and hydropower dams."

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Friday, March 23, 2007

World Bank promotes geothermal energy

From the World Bank...
"The Europe and Central Asia (ECA) - Geothermal Energy Development Program aims to systematically promote the use of geothermal energy in the ECA region by removing barriers to the development of renewable energy."
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