South Africa announces new IRP targeting over 40% renewable power by 2030

AfrElec - Africa Power Monitor
REM - Renewable Energy
By Newsbase 17 October 2025
South Africa’s cabinet has adopted the Integrated Resource Plan 2025, projecting renewables to supply just over 40% of national power generation by 2030 and coal under 45%, with gas and nuclear making up the remainder.

McDermott completes its inaugural subsea project for TotalEnergies in Angola

AfrOil - Africa Oil & Gas
By Newsbase 17 October 2025

Ghana’s dormant TOR refinery to restart crude operations by October-end

AfrOil - Africa Oil & Gas
DMEA - Downstream Middle East & Africa
By Newsbase 17 October 2025
Ghana has long struggled to translate its crude output into refined fuel security. Successive governments have pledged to revive TOR, which has faced years of debt, mismanagement, and technical breakdowns.
The River Naryn rises in the Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan and flows west through the Fergana Valley into Uzbekistan. There it merges with the River Kara Darya to form the River Syr Darya that flows into Kazakhstan.

Kyrgyzstan says neighbours “upset” by country’s lack of water

Energo - CEE/FSU Power
REM - Renewable Energy
By Newsbase 16 October 2025
“This year we were supposed to overcome shortages, but instead, they have intensified,” deputy head of cabinet tells Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
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