AfrElec - Africa Power Monitor

10 September 2021

GE energises Africa’s first fully digital high-voltage substation

9 September 2021

GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has commissioned Africa’s first fully digital high-voltage substation at Thiès in Senegal.

Ethiopia must break down policy and financial barriers to achieve universal power access

9 September 2021

Ethiopia’s power sector must overcome major policy and financial barriers if it is to meet the government’s target of universal access to power.

Global wind sector bounces back, but need faster expansion to meet climate goals

9 September 2021

The global wind sector has bounced back strongly since the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

IRENA, Hydrogen Council to scale up hydrogen

9 September 2021

Hydrogen producers are to harness the energy expertise of the International Renewable Energy Agency in a bid to develop green production and to make a significant contribution to global net-zero goals.

Cleaner air can contribute towards climate goals

9 September 2021

The World Bank has warned that air pollution is the world’s leading environmental risk to health, costing $8.1 trillion, or 6.1% of GDP, in 2019, and has identified coal-fired power plants and diesel vehicles as causes of poor air quality.

South African deputy finance minister has proposed debt-for-climate swap

9 September 2021

South Africa’s Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo has proposed that South Africa’s struggling state-owned utility Eskom’s debt should be forgiven in exchange for a rapid move to green energy.

AfrElec: Engie, Scatec to produce green hydrogen in South Africa

8 September 2021

France’s Engie has signed a contract with Release by Scatec, a subsidiary of Norwegian independent power producer Scatec, to produce green hydrogen for the Mogalakwena platinum mine in Limpopo Province of South Africa.