Africa

Solar Power Plant

Off-Grid African Solar could Offer Opportunities Worth $24bn Per Year

That’s the prediction from Kleos Advisory, which in a new report stresses the importance of harnessing the potential of the continent and strengthening ties wi…

A Clean ,Affordable Battery for Home Using in Rural Africa

EPFL startup hiLyte has developed an eco-friendly battery that will allow people in Sub-Saharan Africa to light their homes and charge their cell phones. The te…

AfDB Approves €8 Million Grant to Support Ruzizi IV Hydropower Project

The Board of Directors of African Development Bank Group has approved an €8 million grant drawn from the European Union’s Africa Investment Platform (EU-AIP) …

Offshore Wind Power

Wind Farms in Africa Aim to Power New Era of Clean Reliable Energy

Senegal is preparing to take a large step in the emerging market of African renewable energy with the construction of the 340 million euro Taliba N’diaye Wind …

Energy Storage System

UWC Proposes Energy Solution for Blackouts

With the ongoing strain on South Africa’s electricity grid and the growing use of renewable energy to mitigate climate change, there is a clear need for reliab…

Egyptian Govt Considers Building of Small Hydropower Plants in The Nile Delta

The Egyptian authorities are considering the construction of small hydropower plants at several sites in the Nile Delta. This idea is not unanimously supported …

Britons Reach Africans’Annual Carbon Emissions in Just Two Weeks

The average British person will have emitted more carbon dioxide in the first two weeks of this year than a citizen of any one of seven African nations does in …

Coal Technology

Mantashe Pushes Integrated Resource Plan at IEA Coal 2019 Report

The IRP 2019 maintains room for additional capacity from coal-fired power plants through the inclusion of 750 MW in 2023 and 750 MW in 2027.

Distributed energy

PowerGen-E.ON Deal Boosts Microgrids, Minigrids, Micro-utilities in Africa

PowerGen Renewable Energy, a leading player in Sub-Saharan Africa’s fledgling, but fast growing markets for microgrids, minigrids and micro-utilities, acquired…

Distributed Generation

Africa Green Tec Installs Containerised Solar Mini Grid in Dalakana

The German start-up Africa Green Tec has recently inaugurated a containerised solar mini-grid in the village of Dalakana, in the Kati circle of Mali. It is the …

Microgrid

2020 Could Be Africa’s Arrival As A Solar Market With Size

After a long wait, 2020 could well mark a decisive shift in the energy availability graph for countries in Africa, as multiple approaches and tactics finally ma…

Lekoil

LEKOIL Limited is an Africa focused oil and gas exploration and production company which currently holds interests offshore Nigeria and offshore Namibia. The co…

Thermal Plant

Mitsubishi Heavy And Hitachi to Settle Dispute over A Thermal Power Project in South Africa

Mitsubishi Heavy initially demanded some ¥770 billion in payments from Hitachi, but the two sides are now in talks over reducing the amount to ¥500 billion, t…

The Africa Energy Forum 2020

The Africa Energy Forum (aef) is the global investment meeting for Africa’s power, energy, infrastructure and industrial sectors. What we deliver is simpl…

Anglo American Pledges to Align Lobbying with Paris Agreement

Activist investors celebrate after mining giant promises to realign all its lobbying activity, including that done on its behalf by industry associations, with …