Africa

Biomass Power Plant

Côte d’Ivoire to get Africa’s First Grid Tied Biomass Power Plant

The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund and Proparco will finance a biomass power plant with grid injection in Africa in Côte d’Ivoire in a first for the cont…

Electricity Transmission

$570 million Power Transmission Line to Link Four West African Countries

The governments of Nigeria, Togo, Burkina Faso and the Niger Republic have put together the final touches to the execution of a planned $570 million transmissio…

Power Construction

South Africa: Embedded Generation Threshold to Increase to 100MW

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa today announced the increase of the embedded generation threshold from 1MW to 100MW.

Nuclear Power Plant

Video: Kenya: First Nuclear Power Plant in 2022

​Following South Africa, Kenya is the second African nation to build a nuclear power plant.

Oil & Gas Supply

Uganda Stands to be one of Sub-Saharan Africa’s Top Five Oil Producers by 2025

With the East African Oil Pipeline project recently getting the go-ahead, Uganda is set to produce its first oil as early as 2025 and production in the next fiv…

Gas turbine engine

Mitsubishi Power Creates EMEA Gas Turbine Combined Cycle Business Unit, To Be Headquartered In UAE

As part of this expansion, Khalid Salem, President of Mitsubishi Power Middle East, and North Africa will take on a new role as the GTCC Business Unit Leader fo…

Natural Gas

GE Releases Position Paper on Accelerating South Africa's Energy Transition with Gas Power and Renewables

Whitepaper discusses South Africa’s urgent need for affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy, to spur industrialization while addressing its climate change…

Solar Power Plant

PPA Advances Guinea’s First Grid-Connected Solar Project

The 40MWac Khoumagueli Solar IPP project in Guinea has marked a significant milestone with the signing of a 25-year power purchase agreement between InfraCo Afr…

Video: Are African Countries Ready for Nuclear Energy

​As the population grows and urbanization increases, African countries need to close the existing energy gap as well as prepare for future demand.

South Africa

South Africa’s Draft Green Paper On New Energy Vehicles Is A Step In The Right Direction

In 2019, we wrote an article raising the alarm that South Africa’s inertia in incentivising the adoption of electric vehicles could make it miss out on the inc…

Hydropower Plant

Tanzania Secures Funding for 50MW Hydropower Project

The African Development Bank will loan the government of Tanzania $140 million to finance the construction of the 50MW Malagarasi hydropower plant.

Oil Refinery

South Africa: Engen To Convert Durban Refinery to Terminal

As expected, Engen announced that it will be progressing plans to convert its 120,000 bbl/d refinery in Durban, South Africa into a terminal, as the refinery is…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

MAN Energy Supplies 225MW to Four Power Plants in West Africa

It has also announced the completion of two other plants in The Gambia and Guinea.

South Africa

Johannesburg Announces Big Push Towards Renewable Energy

Johannesburg, Africa’s dominant financial center, wants to meet 35% of its energy needs from renewable sources by 2030 and will seek proposals for privately su…

Electric Car

Green Paper on Advancement of New Energy Vehicles in SA Released

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition in South Africa has released an auto green paper on the advancement of new energy vehicles in South Africa.