Africa

President Obama's Power Africa initiative enjoys major boost as World Bank announces $5bn investment programme

Pakistan, Uruguay and Burkina Faso all report progress on flagship renewable energy projects

BirdLife International aims to help deliver a huge increase in wind and solar capacity without threatening endangered bird species

Charity reveals distribution costs have halved since 2012 as a result of growing demand for solar lamp technology

SolarAid drops price of solar lamps by 16 per cent following move by MPs to cut cost of renewable energy products

British oil company bows to pressure and abandons drilling in volatile and biodiverse region of Democratic Republic of Congo

New Solarcentury project in Changoi will reduce company's dependency on diesel and power from the grid

Tarfaya project starts delivering power to the grid, as developers confirm full 300MW of capacity will be online by the autumn

Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna urges government to cease export finance to coal industry and calls for new town twinning programme with Africa

Study finds low carbon technology is the fastest route to development for the 70 per cent of sub-Saharan Africans without energy access