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World Bank Pushes Private Sector for Major Investments in Infrastructure
A new road is built near Victoria Falls on the Zimbabwe-Zambia border. Credit: David Brossard/cc by 2.0By Carey L. BironWASHINGTON, Oct 9 2014 (IPS)The World Bank has initiated a major call to action...
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Drought Plagues Brazil’s Richest Metropolis
The heat island generated by São Paulo draws rainfall away from the water sources the city depends on. Credit: Rafael Neddermeyer/Fotos PúblicasBy Mario OsavaRIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 10 2014...
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“Megaprojects” Can Destroy Reputations in Brazil
Scale model of one of the offshore oil platforms exploiting Brazil’s “presalt” reserves, on exhibit in the research centre of Petrobras, Brazil’s state oil company, in Rio de Janeiro. Credit: Mario...
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African Women Mayors Join Forces to Fight for Clean Energy
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo with African women mayors who are calling for greater attention to communities without electricity, given the inextricable link between climate change and energy. Credit: A.D....
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Belo Monte Dam Marks a Before and After for Energy Projects in Brazil
A street in the Jatobá neighbourhood, the first of the five settlements built by the company Norte Energía to resettle families displaced from the city of Altamira by the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam...
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Local Development, the Key to Legitimising Amazon Hydropower Dams
The Altamira water treatment plant is practically inactive because the sewer pipes installed 10 months ago in this city of 140,000 people have not been connected to the homes and businesses. Altamira...
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Honduran Fishing Village Says Adios to Candles and Dirty Energy
View from the Caribbean sea of the village of Plan Grande in the northern Honduran department of Colón. The isolated fishing community, which can only be reached after a 20-minute motorboat ride, is a...
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Leading Powers to Double Renewable Energy Supply by 2030
China has become the world leader in wind energy, although it is still surpassed by many European countries in terms of per capita wind power generation. Credit: Asian Development BankBy Diego Arguedas...
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Uruguay Puts High Priority on Renewable Energies
Since July 2014, Uruguay’s state power utility, UTE, has 30 100 percent electric vans. After the success of this initiative, it doubled that number in its fleet of vehicles, and incorporated two...
View ArticleSolar Power Keeps the Midnight Oil Burning at the University of Dodoma
Power cuts wreak havoc on most lives, but when you have an exam the next day and you have to do well, without light to study by you are stuck. But those dark days in the dorm may soon be over. A huge...
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Water, Water Everywhere but Too Much or Too Little
Water is at the core of Sustainable Development and it is crucial in Climate Change adaptation and mitigation strategies. Credit: Amantha Perera/IPSBy Francesco FarnèROME, Jan 1 2016 (IPS)“Water is at...
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Innovative Project to Provide Renewable Energy 24/7 to Chilean Village
The fishing village of Caleta San Marcos in northern Chile, 100 km from Iquique and 1,800 km north of Santiago, will be the site of an innovative project, Espejo de Tarapacá, that will combine...
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Building Africa’s Energy Grid Can Be Green, Smart and Affordable
A Congolese man transports charcoal on his bicycle outside Lubumbashi in the DRC. An estimated 138 million poor households spend 10 billion dollars annually on energy-related products such as charcoal,...
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India Confronts Water Woes as it Transitions from MDGs to SDGs
India’s many mighty rivers like the Ganges and Indus not only irrigate vast tracts of farmland and provide life-sustaining resources to millions, they also form the basis of India’s hydropower plans...
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Cycles of Wealth in Brazil’s Amazon: Gold, Lumber, Cattle and Now, Energy
Aerial view of the TelesPires Hydropower Plant, which has been operating since 2015.With an installed capacity of 1,820 MW, it is the biggest plant on the TelesPires River, which runs across the...
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Clean Energy Sources Manage to Cut Electricity Bill in Chile
The Maipo River, where the Alto Maipo hydroelectric project is being built, flows down from the Andes range to Santiago and is vital to supply drinking water to the Chilean capital, a city of seven...
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Drowning for Progress in Cambodia
The Cambodian village of Kbal Romeas is slowly vanishing beneath the rising waters of a lake formed by the Lower Sesan II (LS2) dam. Credit: Pascal Laureyn/IPSBy Pascal LaureynKBAL ROMEAS, Cambodia,...
View ArticleFrom Mega to Micro, a Transition that Will Democratise Energy in Brazil
An energy transition is spreading around the globe. But in Brazil it will be characterised by sharp contrasts, with large hydroelectric plants being replaced by solar microgenerators and government...
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West Africa Moves Ahead with Renewable Energy Despite Unpredictable Challenges
Forested hills in Guinea’s Kintampo area. Barely a quarter of the population has access to electricity. Credit: CC by 3.0By Issa Sikiti da SilvaKINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jun 26 2018...
View ArticleCommunity Hydropower Dam Illuminates Life in Salvadoran Villages
Ermelinda Lobos’s life has improved substantially since she and the rest of the people in her small village, hidden in the mountains of northeastern El Salvador, worked hard to build a mini...
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Mundurukú Indians in Brazil Protest Tapajós Dams
Mundurukú chiefs and warriors protest in Brazil’s lower house of Congress Tuesday Dec. 10, 2013. Credit: Luis Macedo/Acervo/Brazil’s Chamber of DeputiesBy Fabíola OrtizRIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 12 2013 (IPS)...
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Caring for Water Is a Must for Brazil’s Energy Industry
The Paraná river, reduced in size by the concrete behemoth of the binational Itaipú dam. Credit: Mario Osava/IPS By Mario OsavaFOZ DE IGUAÇU, Brazil , Dec 20 2013 (IPS) As they build huge hydropower...
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Development Follows Devastation from Brazilian Dam
A farmer proudly displays his watermelon crop in the municipality of Gloria, in Bahía state, where he was resettled after the family’s land was submerged by the Itaparica dam in Northeast Brazil....
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Alto Maipo Project Endangers Santiago’s Water Supply
Chilean activists protest against the Alto Maipo hydropower project in downtown Santiago. Credit: Coordinadora Ríos del MaipoBy Marianela JarroudSANTIAGO, Jan 21 2014 (IPS) A hydroelectric project...
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Dammed Rivers Create Hardship for Brazil’s Native Peoples
Xokó chief Lucimario Lima searches for new livelihoods for his people, after the Itaparica dam on the São Francisco river cut them off from traditional agriculture and fishing. Credit: Mario...
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U.S. Tightens Development Safeguards
Washington will be barred from offering any bilateral assistance that could facilitate certain rights abuses, extractive industries or industrial logging in primary tropical forests. Credit: BigstockBy...
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DRC Mega-Dam to Be Funded by Private Sector, Groups Charge
The Inga III dam would be the first in a series of hydroelectric installations along the Congo River, collectively referred to as the Grand Inga project. Credit: alaindg/GNU licenseBy Carey L....
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Fight Brews over Wild vs. Hatchery Salmon in U.S. Northwest
Bonneville Dam’s fish ladders allow Chinook salmon to migrate freely. Credit: Jason E. Kaplan/IPSBy Michelle TolsonPORTLAND, Oregon, Mar 18 2014 (IPS) Built in 1909, Bonneville Fish Hatchery is one of...
View ArticleWorld Bank Clears Congo’s Controversial Dam Project
By Jim LobeWASHINGTON, Mar 21 2014 (IPS) The World Bank Thursday approved a 73.1-million-dollar grant in support of a controversial giant dam project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). With...
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Brazilian Dams Accused of Aggravating Floods in Bolivia
A local resident tries to save some of her belongings during the floods in Bolivia’s Amazon department of Beni. Credit: Courtesy of Diario OpiniónBy Franz ChávezLA PAZ, Apr 4 2014 (IPS) Unusually heavy...
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Deforestation in the Andes Triggers Amazon “Tsunami”
The Beni river, a tributary of the Madeira river, when it overflowed its banks in 2011 upstream of Cachuela Esperanza, where the Bolivian government is planning the construction of a hydropower dam....
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At the Crucial Nexus of Water and Energy
Pakistani woman Roma Juma makes tea for guests using her smoke-free stove. Fuel-efficient stoves can help prevent deforestation and conserve watersheds. Credit: Zofeen Ebrahim/IPS By Jewel FraserPORT...
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Large Dams “Highly Correlated” with Poor Water Quality
Fishermen's boats on the Mekong River in northern Laos. There are already 30 existing dams along the river, and an additional 134 hydropower projects are planned for the lower Mekong. Credit: Irwin...
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A Flood of Energy Projects Clash with Mexican Communities
Trees on the bank of the Blanco river that have been felled to make way for a power plant. Hydroelectric projects are threatening biodiversity and the way of life of communities in the state of...
View ArticleThreat of Blackouts in Brazil Highlights Climate Crisis
Twenty years after the blackout that prompted nine months of rationing to keep the power grid from collapsing, Brazil may see a repeat of the traumatic situation, this time with a more obvious climate...
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