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An Undersea Cable Could Fill In the Gaps on Fiber-Optic Maps

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Even as Google and Meta set their sights on building entirely new lines that will drastically boost the continent’s capacity, those lines hug well-trodden, predictable routes. And on the other side, there’s cables linking Cameroon and Angola with the cable hub that is Fortaleza in Brazil.

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GE study finds 5% of worlds natural gas production wasted per year by flaring

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Elsewhere in West Africa, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo and Cameroon collectively waste about 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas every year. Successful capture and flare gas utilization could potentially triple per capita electricity consumption for this nation of 155 million people. Expand access to financing.

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UK wants to ban 100% ICE power by 2030

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Homes and public buildings: Making homes, schools and hospitals greener, warmer and more energy efficient, including a target to install 600,000 heat pumps every year by 2028. Point 7: Greener Buildings . release on record took place in 1986 at Lake Nyos , which is a lake naturally saturated with carbon dioxide, in Cameroon.

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