AfrElec - Africa Power Monitor

Libyan oil: Still on hold?

LNA chief Haftar has apparently not lifted the blockade preventing the country’s coastal terminals from exporting crude.

BP warns of peak oil demand just around the corner

DFC clears $1.5bn in risk insurance for Area 4 gas project

Zimbabwe cancels controversial national park coal licences

The Zimbabwean Government has cancelled all mining licences in National Parks after public protests against two Chinese companies gaining coal explorations licences in the Hwange National Park.

NNPC denies graft at AKK gas pipe

ACWA Power’s Bokpoort sets new production record as South African load-shedding persists

ACWA Power’s 50-MW Bokpoort CSP project set a new winter production record in August 2020, producing 21.7 GWh, surpassing its previous winter record of 19.5 GWh set in 2017.

IEA calls for dramatic scaling up of clean tech to reach net zero

The power sector can only account for one-third of the progress needed to reach net-zero emissions. Transport, buildings and industry must also invest in clean tech, the IEA warns

Total Tanzania says it has no plans to exit the country

The Tanzanian division of France’s Total has denied reports that it is preparing to exit the East African country, where it has a chain of around 100 retail filling stations.