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Lorraine Bolsinger: Overcoming Africa’s Power Challenges…Together

Lorraine Bolsinger GE
August 11, 2014
Africa is home to 12 of the 20 fastest-growing economies; its strong manufacturing, services and technology sectors are fueling economies around the globe. Africa is achieving these successes without being able to make full use of all its resources because access to electricity is still lacking in many areas.
 
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Todd Moss and Beth Schwanke: Closing Africa’s Energy Poverty Gap

Todd Moss Center For Global Development
Beth Schwanke Center For Global Development
August 08, 2014
Two out of three people in Sub-Saharan Africa—that’s nearly 600 million people—live today without access to electricity. As incomes and economies grow in Africa, and they are both growing quickly, this will generate massive demand for power access. This is a huge opportunity for Africans to pull themselves out of poverty and a substantial business opportunity that the United States can’t afford to ignore. And right now is the moment to do something about it.
 
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Shari Berenbach: Bringing Energy to Africa’s Rural Underserved

Shari Berenbach U S African Development Foundation
August 07, 2014
For many of us, it’s difficult to imagine life without access to electricity — and harder still to consider the many ways that energy transforms our daily lives.
 
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Powering Africa: Q&A with Andrew M. Herscowitz

Andrew M Herscowitz Power Africa
August 06, 2014
A little over a year after President Obama announced the initiative to help “plug Africa into the grid of the global economy” by doubling the number of people on the continent with access to electricity, Power Africa is already a high-voltage operation.
 
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Jeffrey R. Immelt: Africa Is Ascending

Jeffrey R Immelt GE
August 04, 2014
The African growth story is real. Over the past decade and a half, Africa has emerged as the most promising growth region, exceeding world growth by an average of 2 percentage points a year. Growth prospects for the continent remain strong. According to the International Monetary Fund, growth in Africa will accelerate to 5.5 percent in 2014 from 4.9 percent in 2013. Continued — and lasting — growth depends on sustained investment and strategic development.
 
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Fracking Industry Looks for Ways to Vanquish its Water Habit

Bennett Resnik Vermont Law School
July 28, 2014
The hydraulic fracturing industry remains a high growth sector. But its use of water pre- and post-production has come under scrutiny as the world edges closer toward a global water crisis.
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The Energy Landspace

July 22, 2014
The Energy Landspace
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U.S. Slips Behind Other Nations in Energy Efficiency Ranking

July 22, 2014
The U.S. lags behind three-fourths of the world’s 16 largest economies in measures of energy efficiency, clocking in at No. 13 behind Australia, India, and South Korea, according to a new international scorecard.
Countries at the top of the list, such as No. 1 Germany, are positioned with stronger, more competitive economies that use less energy to achieve the same or better results than other nations, according to the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, which released the scorecard last week.
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Part 1: Energy Efficiency is Our Future

July 21, 2014
“There can be no economy where there is no efficiency.” The words of Benjamin Disraeli have never been truer than in the modern energy landscape. Efficiency is one of the most important tools we have for controlling the bottom line of our energy production. More than that, it is a vital element of any country’s economic progression and security. According to Accenture’s report “Catching the ASEAN wave”, the ASEAN region’s economy is projected to grow by US$735 billion by 2020. The population is expected to grow from 633 million to 717 million by 2030.
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Let’s Stop Equating Environmental Reforms With Economic Stagnation

Deep Patel Gigawatt Inc
July 21, 2014
President Barack Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency recently unveiled its highly anticipated proposal to curb power plant emissions.
Meanwhile, some people remain thoroughly convinced that climate change has no connection with power plant emissions. As the cornerstone of Obama’s climate change policy, this proposal is now met with adamant opposition.
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