South africa

Natural Gas

South Africa's Petrosa Targets Mozambique Gas in New Sales Deal

South Africa's PetroSA expects the first flows of gas into the country from a deal with Mozambique's national energy company ENH later this year, offici…

SMR

Partnership Aims to Drive Forward Htmr-100 SMR in South Africa

Koya Capital has signed a partnership agreement to work with Stratek Global to secure financing and construction of a ZAR9 billion (USD480 million) first-of-a-k…

Carbon Emissions

Global 2023 Carbon Trading Revenues Grew to $74 Bln, Report Says

Smoke rises from chimneys at a factory in the port of Dunkirk, France January 19, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo Purchase Licensing RightsGlobal revenues …

Offshore Wind Power

Nordex Group Receives Orders for 295 MW From EDF Renewables in South Africa

EDF Renewables (South Africa) a subsidiary of EDF Renouveables and Electricité de France (EDF), placed orders with the Nordex Group for two wind energy p…

Solar Power Plant

Africa Data Centres, DPA Break Ground on 12 MW Solar Farm in South Africa

Data storage and services group Africa Data Centres has with its partner, independent power producer DPA SA, started construction of a solar farm in South Afric…

Renewable Energy

China Could Drive Africa's Renewable Energy Revolution

African countries depend on fossil fuels. Only 2% of Chinese loans are allocated to renewable energies such as photovoltaics and wind.China has a unique opportu…

Renewable Energy

South Africa's New Energy Plan Needs a Mix of Nuclear, Gas, Renewables and Coal, Says Expert

South Africa's economy has been hard hit by 15 years of loadshedding (rolling blackouts). The country's coal-fired power plants have a maintenance backl…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Conditions for the Assembly, This Year, of the First 46 Large Photovoltaic Solar Plants in Cuba

The investment project until 2028 foresees a total of 92 sites of 21 megawatts of power each.The completion of an investment process that includes, until 2028, …

Offshore Wind Power

Nordex Wins Order for 336 MW of Wind Power in South Africa

Nordex has secured an order to supply and install 57 N163/5.X Delta4000 series wind turbines in South Africa. The order also includes a Service contract for the…

Cooperation case

China’s Belt and Road Initiative Paves Way for Common Prosperity in Central Africa

This photo taken on March 15, 2022 shows a view of the Kribi Deep Sea Port in Kribi, Cameroon. (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)YAOUNDE, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Central Afr…

Rooftop Solar

Mainstream Reaches Financial Close on 97.5 MW Solar Photovoltaic Plant With Corporate Ppas in South Africa

Mainstream Renewable Power (Mainstream), the pureplay global wind and solar company, has reached financial close on a 97.5 MW solar PV farm which has 20-year Po…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

El Dabaa: Installation of First Unit's Inner Containment Starts

Work has begun on the first tier of the inner containment building for the first unit of the El Dabaa nuclear power plant in Egypt.(Image: Rosatom)El Dabaa will…

Nuclear waste

AFCONE and Deepgeo Launch African Nuclear Initiative

The African Commission on Nuclear Energy and DeepGeo have signed a partnership agreement which could see multinational deep geological repositories hosted in Af…

Electricity Transmission

New $1.3 Bln Energy Fund for Transmission Links Across Southern Africa

A view shows solar panels at the green hydrogen proof-of-concept site in Vredendal, Western Cape, South Africa, November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Esa Alexander Purchas…

Carbon Emissions

Africa to Be $2.5 Trillion Short of Climate Finance by 2030, UN Says

Solar panels are seen during the inauguration ceremony of the solar energy power plant in Zaktubi, near Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, November 29, 2017. REUTERS/Lu…