Renewable Energy

By design, dams alter the natural flow regime, and with it virtually every aspect of a river ecosystem, including water quality, sediment transport and deposition, fish migrations and reproduction, and riparian and floodplain habitat and the organisms that rely on this habitat.

A position paper developed by NGOs and other stakeholders for the International Conference on Renewable Energy in Africa, 16-18 April 2008, Dakar, Senegal

Coordinated by Community Research and Development Centre, Nigeria

• March 2008 World Rivers Review 
  

South Africa is in the grip of a severe energy crisis, complete with rolling blackouts, industries stopping operations, much blaming and frustration - and plenty of opportunities.

• March 2008 World Rivers Review

What renewable energy source is highly reliable and predictable, especially productive during the hours of highest electricity use, can be scaled small enough to power one building or big enough to electrify a town, is a proven technology whose costs keep dropping, creates more jobs than gas or coal, and could, with a major rollout, displace 2-3 billion tons of carbon annually worldwide?

Terri Hathaway

World Rivers Review, August 2006

It is cooking time in Bansoa, and rush-hour for Mrs. Tagme at her
corn mill and cassava grater. She offers her services to other women in
the small village situated in the hilly West Province of Cameroon. Her
corn mill and cassava grater are the only ones within a 5-kilometer

Mark Hankins

A sea change is needed to get solar power widely distributed in Africa. An article by a solar expert in Kenya, from World Rivers Review, December 2006.

Debra Lew/NREL