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Pancontinental says first oil discovered offshore Kenya

Green Car Congress

Furthermore, it is the only offshore oil column ever reported seaward of the eastern coastal margin of the African continent, from South Africa to the north- west tip of Somalia. The Sunbird-1 oil is the historic first-ever oil discovery offshore Kenya. We believe that this is a play- opening discovery in Kenya’s Lamu Basin.

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Africa’s Electricity-Access Problem Is Worse Than You Think

Cars That Think

Nigeria’s rate (about 115 kWh) is an order of magnitude lower and there are many countries (Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Guinea, Niger, Somalia, South Sudan) where the mean is below or just around 50 kWh/year, or less than 1 percent of the affluent rate. What does 50 kWh/year deliver?

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Everyone on Flight Survives Fiery Plane Crash in Somalia

Baua Electric

The post Everyone on Flight Survives Fiery Plane Crash in Somalia appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. Gif: Voice of America / AP There are usually casualties when a commercial aircraft crashes while attempting a landing, especially if the plane rolls over and bursts into flames.

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Satellite altimeter data study finds global ship traffic up 4x over past 20 years

Green Car Congress

Traffic went up in every ocean during the 20 years of the study, except off the coast of Somalia, where increasing piracy has almost completely halted commercial shipping since 2006. Shipping traffic grew even faster during the second decade of the study, peaking at rate of increase of 10% per year in 2011.

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EV Radar: May 2022

Noodoe

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. San Marino. Sao Tome and Principe. Saudi Arabia. Seychelles. Sierra Leone. Sint Maarten. Solomon Islands. South Africa. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. South Korea. South Sudan. Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Switzerland.

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EV Radar: June 2022

Noodoe

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. San Marino. Sao Tome and Principe. Saudi Arabia. Seychelles. Sierra Leone. Sint Maarten. Solomon Islands. South Africa. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. South Korea. South Sudan. Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Switzerland.

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EV Radar: April 2022

Noodoe

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. San Marino. Sao Tome and Principe. Saudi Arabia. Seychelles. Sierra Leone. Sint Maarten. Solomon Islands. South Africa. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. South Korea. South Sudan. Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Switzerland.

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Just this past year Russia sent tanks into oil-rich Georgia, and an oil tanker was hijacked off the coast of Somalia. We would also have a degree of resilience in the face of threats. And they exist. In addition, climate change demands that we harness new, renewable sources of energy. Here, too, electricity is key.