AfrElec - Africa Power Monitor

Kenya’s government sets 30-day deadline to vacate power line wayleves

Depending on the load of electricity transmitted and future expansion plans, the wayleaves (reserved land) should be between 60 and 120 metres on either side of power transmission line.

AfrElec: Kenya Power officials charged over nationwide power outage

Kenya’s court has dropped charges against six employees of the electricity distribution utility due to a lack of evidence linking them to the recent countrywide power outage.

South Africa’s Metair ‘may opt to relocate EV battery factory project from Romania to Turkey’

South African regulator faces difficult choice on whether to grant Eskom proposed 20% tariff hike

Malindi solar plant injecting clean power to Kenya’s national grid

Malindi solar photovoltaic (PV) plant on Kenya’s coastline is injecting 40 megawatts (MW) of power to the country’s national electricity grid.

Koeberg reactor closures leaves Eskom exposed to more load-shedding in 2022

The second reactor at South Africa’s Koeberg nuclear power plant has been taken offline for five months in an unprecedented move that aims to guarantee the plant’s future.

Coal dominates 6% rise in power demand in 2021

Global electricity demand surged 6% in 2021, the largest percentage increase since 2010, the International Energy Agency said on January 14.