Africa

Carbon Emissions

South Africa Sets out to Tighten 2030 Emissions Target

South Africa’s economy is shifting from heavy industry to service sectors, allowing for deeper carbon cuts, but coal lingers in the energy mix

Solar Power Plant

MALAWI: Solarcentury Africa and Resa to Develop Nkhoma Deka Solar Park

The renewable energy facility will have a capacity of 50 MWp and will enable the East African country to increase electricity generation by 1,000 MWp by 2025.

Energy Transition

AFRICA: the Energy Transition at the Africa Energy Indaba in Cape Town in 2022

From March 1 to 2, 2022, the 14th edition of the Africa Energy Indaba conference will be dedicated to the energy transition.

Solar Power Plant

Largest Solar-Powered Data Centre in ME & Africa Breaks Ground

The digital arm of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority broke ground for the first phase of the largest solar-powered data centre in the Middle East and Af…

Hydrogen Project

African Hydrogen Partnership Welcomes 14 New Members

The Africa Hydrogen Partnership has today been boosted with the addition of 14 new pioneer members from across the globe that are committed to hydrogen as a mea…

Wind Power Project

Senegal’s First Wind Farm Might be in for Some Growth

Renewable power generation company that delivers utility-scale projects across Africa, Lekela, has signed a grant agreement with the United States International…

LNG

Mozambique Makes Gains Against Militants Disrupting TotalEnergies’ LNG Project

Mozambique has made gains against Islamic State-linked insurgents who disrupted the southeast African nation’s multibillion gas project, according to President…

Ammonia

Hive Hydrogen Plans Green Ammonia Plant in South Africa

Hive hydrogen and African Oxygen have announced plans to develop a new green ammonia plant by 2025 in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa.

Ammonia

Linde Africa, Hive Hydrogen to Develop $4.6bn Green Ammonia Production Project in South Africa

South Africa continues to take strides in developing its hydrogen ecosystem and has received a boost with Hive Hydrogen and Linde Africa revealing a $4.6bn gree…

Wind Farm

SOUTH AFRICA: Enel Commissions Its 145 MW Garob Wind Farm

The facility feeds 145 MW into Eskom's power grid.

Wind Farm

SOUTH AFRICA: Enel Commissions its 145 MW Garob Wind Farm

The facility feeds 145 MW into Eskom's power grid.

LNG

South Africa Embraces a Gas Economy to Drive Energy Security

100% Black-owned energy infrastructure company DNG Energy’s first delivery of LNG gas to commercial customers in South Africa marks the start of a new phase fo…

Coal Mine

Australia Approves South32 Coal Mine Extension

The New South Wales (NSW) government has declared Australian-South African mining firm South32's proposed A$956mn Dendrobium coking coal mine expansion in the I…

Crude Oil

Production Starts at Angola’s Clov 2 Oil Project

Crude production has started at the Clov 2 project in block 17 offshore Angola, the second new deepwater development to come on stream in the west African count…

Wind Power Project

Lekela Starts Operation of 250-MW Wind Farm in Egypt

Lekela, an Africa-focused renewable energy company, has launched the commercial operation of a 250-MW wind park on the shores of the Gulf of Suez in Egypt which…