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Volkswagen & Siemens launch joint electric mobility pilot project in Rwanda

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The pilot project, which will form part of Volkswagen’s operations in Rwanda, was officially announced today by Thomas Schäfer, CEO of Volkswagen Group South Africa and responsible for the Sub-Sahara Africa Region, in the presence of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Rwanda, Right Honourable Dr. Edouard Ngirente.

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Study: air pollution caused 1.1M deaths across Africa in 2019, toll from outdoor pollution rising

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Deaths attributable to household air pollution and ambient particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) air pollution in Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, and overall in Africa, 1990–2019. Africa is part of a global toll taken by air pollution, which killed an estimated 6.7 billion in Ghana (0.95% of GDP), and $349 million in Rwanda (1.19% of GDP).

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Global geothermal industry passes 12,000 MW operational

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The international geothermal power industry is poised to place between 500 and 1,000 MW on line per year for the rest of the decade, said GEA. In California, the Imperial Irrigation District announced plans to develop 1,700 MW of new geothermal as part of an initiative supporting restoration of the Salton Sea.

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IEEE Society Restores Electricity To a Nepali School

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Kiani traveled in 2018 to Cairns, Australia, for the IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics. While attending IEEE Smart Village’s Power Africa conference in 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda, she met GHE founder Paras Loomba. The school can use the money to purchase batteries and other replacement parts.

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The Global Outlook of Electric Vehicles

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In total, the International Energy Association reports , 6.6 Consumer solutions Without a doubt, the biggest steps to helping consumers adopt EVs are government-backed programs like tax credits for EVs, funding for EV charging infrastructure expansion, enacting bans on internal combustion engines, and setting goals for EV adoption.

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U.S. Commercial Drone Delivery Comes Closer

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We’ve been covering the drone delivery company Zipline in Spectrum for several years, and I do encourage listeners to check out our great onsite reporting from Rwanda in 2019 when we visited one of Zipline’s dispatch centers for delivering vital medical supplies into rural areas. Just go to spectrum.ieee.org/newsletters to subscribe.

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Tesla releases Conflict Mineral report, extending history of humane mining practices

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Furthermore, Tesla also has internal guidelines for itself that it commits to. ” The countries listed are considered “covered” as a part of the U.S. ” (Credit: Tesla). Conflict Minerals Disclosure Rules. These countries include: Burundi. The Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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