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Ethiopia switches on Africa’s largest wind farm

Ethiopia’s green economy is booming, but most of the locals are not feeling the benefit. Last week, the country opened Africa’s biggest wind farm. It came online just days after Ethiopia announced a preliminary agreement to build a 1000-megawatt geothermal facility, the largest in Africa – but 77 per cent of Ethiopians still lack access to electricity. Image: cabbit

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Join Germany’s green revolution

Solar power is a big part of Germany’s energy transition or “Energiewende”, which has seen the country’s renewable energy industry go from strength to strength. Back in 2000, the country generated barely 6 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources, mostly hydropower. By 2012, that figure had soared to 22 per cent. But now the energy transition is facing a transition of its own. Image: hddod

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