Basics Archives - Renewables in Africa

What are the different Solar PV Technologies?

Basics Tony Tiyou - 4 December, 2016 6

*Jambo, habari? Currently on the market in many countries across Africa, they are a number of solar panels that are on sale from different manufacturers. They...

Pay-As-You-Go Solar : The Basics

Basics Jason Iyeke - 17 April, 2018 0

RiA-ders! Jackie is a shining example in the Off-Grid solar industry's talents. Her first article was so popular that she has been invited back to...

How does a Green Mini-grid work?

Basics Tony Tiyou - 4 September, 2018 0

Quick Summary: In this article, we are talking about Green Mini-grids in Africa. Find below the main talking points: What is a mini-grid? What are...

How to visually inspect a solar PV panel?

Basics Tony Tiyou - 19 February, 2017 0

- Part 1: Standards and Failure Classifications * Dumela Mma, Dumela Rra! Would you buy your company car (or to some extent your personal car) on...

Wakanda Beyond – Black Panther and Renewables in Africa

Basics Tony Tiyou - 13 March, 2018 4

Quick summary Jason Iyeke, co-founder of Comparisol and movies aficionado is sharing this week with us reasons why he thinks Black Panther is a GREAT...

The key components of a successful solar project

Basics Tony Tiyou - 29 August, 2016 5

- Part 1: What is Energy? Zelé* Everyone! Pe Sô Pe Pon*! At the time I am writing this post, sitting is my office in the...

How does a Solar Panel work?

Basics Tony Tiyou - 6 November, 2016 0

Tadiyass* All, how are we doing? Hope you are enjoying expanding your technical knowledge in Renewable Energy, especially in Solar. In this post, I would...

How Climate Change effects Hurricanes? Ask Barbuda!

Basics Tony Tiyou - 18 September, 2017 0

Quick Summary: How Climate Change effects Hurricanes? There 3 key takeaways that are developed in this post: How Hurricanes are formed? Thunderstorms Tropical depression Tropical...

2017: Five things to look out for

Basics Tony Tiyou - 22 January, 2017 2

Happy New Year Five things to look out for in 2017 *Ne y yibeogo Everybody! Yîis kibare? Happy New Year to you all! It has been a long...

On-Grid vs Off-Grid: What is the difference?

Basics Tony Tiyou - 21 July, 2019 0

Quick Summary In this article, Rachel Sekibo, a Southampton University Student and Tony Tiyou are revisiting the concept...

One year on and 1000+ subscribers,

Basics Tony Tiyou - 4 September, 2017 2

What is Renewables in Africa's (RiA) Vision? * Jambo dear RiA-ders! Habari gani? **Siwezi kusema Kiswahili…but I was important to say in few words in Swahili...