The South African Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe recently announced that Schedule 2 of the Electricity Regulation Act (ERA) was currently being revised. The revisions will accommodate “self-generation and facilitate municipal generation options”. While all …
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We all know that Infrastructural development is seriously lacking in Africa that is why the African Union has unveiled plans to tackle such challenges.
The aim of such plans is to help grow the continent economy as well as better the life of its citizens. According to a report from …
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Sub-Saharan Africa’s energy systems face an enormous challenge due to low electricity generated. This has made Africa Development Bank (AfDB) to approve an innovative multinational financing program for Distributed Energy Service …
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President Emmanuel Mnangagwa has held talks with President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa toward solving the nation energy problem. The bilateral meeting was to find a lasting solution to Zimbabwe power challenges.
During the meeting, President Mnangagwa announce that …
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Intro Energy is set to launch projects that will help produce electricity from renewable resources in Egypt. The project will be to implement a solar energy plant with a capacity of 20MW in Sharm El-Sheikh. This will also …
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Egypt President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has meet with delegates from Noble Energy for the expansion of the Energy sector. The meeting had in attendance Noble Energy CEO and Minister of petroleum.
During the meet, President Fattah el-Sisi …
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Residents in Kenya are set to have a reduce bill when it comes to electricity payment in the fourth quarter. This is after Kenya power plans to purchase wind-generated electricity at half price from October.
The plan is to first …
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At a recent European External Investment Plan meeting in Accra, Ghana; the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) said; it wishes to prioritise investments in the transport and …
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Following a meeting with State Grid Corporation of China, PM Abiy Ahmed oversaw the signing of a US$1.8 billion investment agreement which covers provision of electric power transmission and distribution lines. The project will supply power for up to 16 industrial parks; …
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Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) is set to license 12 independent power producers. This new plan will help the country’s power deficit gap to be slashed significantly.
The aim is to increase the nation power producing firm …
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Ghana Government has announced that they lose US$30m annually due to spending on excess electricity capacity. The Minister of Energy John Peter Amewu made the announcement during the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) in Ghana forum.
The theme of …
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Energy is an important aspect when it comes to infrastructural development. This is why the Japan International Cooperation Agency JICA is in talks with Egypt Electricity Ministry to launch two programs.
The talks were announced by …
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Mali’s first independent power project, a 90MW power plant will become active by next week. The 90MW plant costs about US$139.06-million (€122-million), and will also help drive foreign investment in the West African country. It’s location is in the gold-rich …
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Eskom a South African electricity public utility suffers a net loss of R2.3bn in 2018, compared with a R0.9bn profit the previous year. This statement was revealed at its financial results presentation on Monday.
The poor results were allegations …
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The Power Africa Uganda Accelerator, a US government funded initiative have sign an MoU with Uganda Solar Energy Association (USEA). The MoU will grant Uganda’s off-grid solar expansion programme US$500,000 to boost access to solar energy solutions …
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Details of the Power to Power Summit 2018 is as follows:
Date: 5th and 6th July, 2018
Venue: Hotel Presidential Port-Harcourt
Time: 10 a.m daily
The need for organizing this Power to Power Summit is to address the issues affecting energy/power …
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Failure to raise enough fund have caused the Kwekwe City Council in Zimbabwe to halt the solar street light project. Last year the council made plans of raising US$200,000 for the installation of solar-powered street lights. So as to …
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Equatorial Guinea is planning to construct a natural gas mega-hub. The hub will consist of an offshore and onshore aggregation and processing facilities. It will also have an interlinked production with London government.
The first phase of the project involves implementing a new …
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Minister of Energy in South Africa, Jeff Radebe have signed a US$4.6bn contract with 27 independent renewable energy power producers. This contract is to enable the generation of additional 2300 MW of electricity over the next five(5) years.
This agreement …
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CAPE TOWN INT’L CONVENTION CENTRE, CAPE TOWN
1 – 3 OCTOBER 2018
A full-stream integrated exhibition & conference platform committed to advancing future oil, gas & energy solutions for the African continent. In addition this event provides companies with an affordable …
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