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Facing a severe drought and reliant on hydropower, the country is enduring relentless blackouts. But experts say opportunities have been missed to adapt and diversify

Their fuel resources have long been plundered by others, while national grids have failed to connect them. Now, solar panels could give more than electricity to Indigenous people

My father, Gerry Foley, who has died aged 88, was an expert on energy use and conservation, first as a civil engineer and then as a senior research fellow at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)...

Solar power could enable 400 million Africans without water to tap into groundwater aquifers. However, we must ensure smaller projects do not lose out in the rush for new technology

Increasing use of fans, air coolers and air conditioners is placing ‘serious’ strain on grid in north of country

As a heatwave sweeps the country increasing demand for power, a new report says a more resilient network could also contribute $300m to the economy

In the state of La Guajira, ambitious plans to transition to renewables are beset by bureaucratic delays and anger from many local Indigenous people, who see it as ‘new colonialism’

Stung by the 2008 oil price spike, Uruguay now produces up to 98% of its electricity from renewables. Can other countries follow suit?

Move would cost less than $5bn and cut toll of deaths from power outages and lack of supply, Cop28 delegates will hear

Livelihoods are on the line with outages of up to 17 hours a day as the country’s ageing power plants struggle to cope

Call comes after former UN climate envoy urged African countries to exploit their natural gas reserves

Average Briton produces more carbon in two days than Congolese person does in entire year, study finds

Worldwide commission aims to end energy poverty in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia by driving investment in new technology

Study finds that while wealthy nations advocate renewables at home, 60% of aid to African energy projects went on fossil fuels

Protests against Latin America’s pursuit of hydropower are increasing as the environmental costs mount up. Is the end of the region’s mega dams in sight?