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Situation Report: Climate Week NYC Opens With the World’s Capital. Sudan’s Blackouts Show Where It Doesn’t Reach.
Climate Week NYC 2026 opens today with finance as a core track. Sudan's grid, meanwhile, runs a 3,300 MW shortfall — and a $5,000 solar system most households…
Turkey’s COP31 Electrification Push Is Sudan’s Opening. Khartoum Should Table a Pledge Before Antalya, Not After.
Turkey's COP31 electrification coalition rewards early, credible pledges with finance access. Sudan should draft and table one before Antalya, not after.
Lock In De-Risking Now: Sudan’s Egypt Interconnection Upgrade Is the Cheapest Chance to Get Renewables Into the Grid
Sudan's Egypt interconnection is being redesigned this month. 3Bi recommends locking in a renewable-generation share and a currency-risk guarantee now, before Phase 2 is built on last decade's…
SITREP: South Africa’s Renewable Buildout — Corporate Buyers Overtake the State
For the first time, corporate power-purchase agreements will fund more of South Africa's new solar and wind capacity than government auctions in 2026 — even as national renewable…
The Mediterranean Is Building a $792 Billion Power Grid. Sudan Is Plugged Into It at 70 Megawatts.
New data puts the Mediterranean's solar and wind pipeline at 552GW and $792 billion. Egypt leads North Africa's share. Sudan's only link to any of it: a 70MW…
Africa’s New Solar Factories Are Built for American Rooftops. Sudan Should Stop Waiting for the Leftovers.
New African solar factories in Egypt and Tanzania are built almost entirely for US export, not African rooftops. Sudan has no manufacturing of its own — and six…
Africa’s Record Solar Year — And Sudan’s Absence From It
Africa is on track for a record 17GW of solar in 2026, up 45% year-on-year — but Sudan doesn't appear among the countries driving the boom, and solar…
Europe’s Biggest Solar Developer Just Went Bankrupt Six Months After Raising $1.16 Billion. Sudan’s Donors Should Take Note.
Enerparc AG, one of Europe's largest independent solar developers, filed for insolvency six months after a €1 billion financing round. Sudan's much smaller, unregulated solar pipeline has far…
Algeria Rebuilt Its Wildfire Governance in One Season. Sudan’s Climate Institutions Have Had a Decade — and Still Lack the Basics.
Algeria built a national forest-risk coordination committee in months after its 2026 wildfires. Sudan has known its own climate-governance gaps since 2016 and still hasn't closed them —…