Ex-Tesla exec builds the home heat pump Tesla gave up for robots | Electrek
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Africa’s biggest untapped resource isn’t oil or gold, it’s $469 billion in lost revenue AfDB says digitised tax systems, stronger institutions and better compliance could unlock the revenue. 88% of Africa’s workforce remains informal as governments struggle to collect taxes | Business Insider Africa
Meet the startups installing tiny data centers in people’s homes to reduce strain on the grid | Fortune
Curtailment, negative prices push Greek small- and medium-sized PV asset owners toward bankruptcy
May 14
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/05/07/curtailment-negative-prices-push-greek-small-and-medium-sized-pv-owners-toward-bankruptcy/ use the negative prices to make hydrogen, methanol, petrol and buy some batteries behind the meter to take part in the energy market in the evening when the prices normalise, this is an opportunity, crazy that it’s being missed.
https://www.treehugger.com/what-is-a-solar-canopy-5192784
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg31l3d2qgo
https://cleantechnica.com/2026/03/30/altitude-partners-with-empacar-bolivia-becomes-first-commercial-buyer-to-reach-1-million-t-cdrs-financed
How we made it in africa
Mar 30
https://howwemadeitinafrica.substack.com
https://news.sky.com/story/why-ending-the-manufacture-of-a-humdrum-substance-would-be-final-nail-in-the-coffin-of-an-industry-that-was-once-britains-pride-13494625
https://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Fisheries-sector-moves-to-close-US-800-million-annual-supply-gap-2018849
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/why-saudi-arabia-and-the-uae-import-sand-from-australia-despite-their-endless-deserts/articleshow/126249828.cms The dependence on imported sand is not just a Saudi issue; it reflects a growing global and urgent concern. The UNEP has flagged that the world is facing a “sand crisis,” warning that unregulated sand extraction is leading to environmental degradation in many parts of the world, including riverbed erosion, habitat destruction, and loss […]
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/12/nigeria-leads-as-africas-instant-payment-transactions-hit-2tn-siips
https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/leaders/meet-the-vc-founders-who-turned-dollar150000-into-dollar8-million-backing-an-african/c70f2zs