Africa

Wind Farm

Wind Power Installations 2022 Stay Below Expectations

Delays across the globe result in the lowest growth since 2019. 88,6 Gigawatt of additional capacity added in 2022, equaling a growth rate of 10,5%, after 13,4%…

Biofuel

“Flexible Power Technologies Will Make Africa’s Energy Leapfrogging a Reality”

Africa’s ability to leapfrog traditional power systems and adopt renewables on a massive scale is not a fantasy. In-depth studies from Wärtsilä have demonstr…

Coal Price

S. Africa’s Exxaro Resources Says Coal Prices Cooling Off

South Africa’s Exxaro Resources on Thursday posted a 28% jump in 2022 profit after seeing average coal prices surge more than 150%, but warned prices were…

Wind Farm

Infinity Power Adds 1 GW African Wind Power Portfolio

Infinity Power has completed the acquisition of the entire shareholding of Lekela Power, adding the group’s 1GW of African wind energy projects.The assets…

Hydrogen Production

Hynfra and Amarenco Mena Form Strategic Partnership to Produce Hydrogen and Ammonia in Mena Region

Poland-based Hynfra has signed a framework cooperation agreement with Amarenco MENA, a major developer of renewable energy projects in the Middle East and North…

Nuclear Technology

Plans for Africa’s Nuclear-Powered Future

The African continent is made up of 54 countries and can be broadly divided into North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. For global power, Africa is an emerging fr…

Wind Farm

Vestas Wins an Order for 373 MW of Wind Power in South Africa With V163-4.5 MW Wind Turbines

Independent power producer Red Rocket has placed a 373 MW order for the Brandvalley, Rietkloof and Wolf wind farms, to be located in Western Cape and Eastern Ca…

Power Construction

Wartsila Engine Plant Boosts Senegal Power Capacity

The 130MW Malicounda Melec power plant in Mbour.Plant is one of the first public-private partnership projects in West AfricaThe power generation capacity of Sen…

Steam turbine

Senegal’s 130 MW Malicounda Power Project Now Fully Operational

The 130 MW Wärtsilä Flexicycle™ power plant is now fully operational in Malicounda. The plant has been officially inaugurated by President Sall …

Solar Power Plant

Masdar Signs Agreement With Ivory Coast to Explore Development of Solar Power Plant

Masdar and Ivory Coast officials at the signing ceremony. Photo: MasdarThe deal is a part of the UAE’s Etihad 7" programme, which seeks to finance renewab…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Eco Atlantic Notes Africa Oil Corp. Compliant Report on Offshore South Africa Exploration Blocks

(WO) – Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd., the oil and gas exploration company focused on the offshore Atlantic Margins, has noted Africa Oil Corp.’s pub…

Hydropower Plant

New Center of Competence for Generator Components Opened by Voith Hydro

Voith Hydro has opened a new center of competence for generator components in Bosnia and Hercegovina to serve western markets, from North and Latin America to E…

Energy Transition

African Private Equity Firm, Inspired Evolution, Achieves Successful First Close of Its Third Evolution III Energy Transition Net-Zero Climate Impact Fund

Inspired Evolution Managers Limited, a Pan-African climate-centred private equity firm specialising in clean energy infrastructure and energy and resource-effic…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Namibia’s Exploration Multi-Well Drilling Campaign Begins Amidst High Expectation

TotalEnergies’ move to direct $300 million – half of its 2023 budget – in exploring Namibian basins this yearAfrica-focused independent explor…

Wind Farm

Utility-Scale Wind, Solar PV, & Concentrating Solar Power (Csp) Increased From 467 MW in 2013 to 6,230 MW in 2022 in South Africa

South Africa’s grid is dominated by coal. According to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Statistics of Utility-Scale Power Gene…