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Nigeria rolls out gas-based plan to reach net zero by 2060

Nigeria’s government has rolled out a new plan for bringing net carbon emissions down to zero by 2060. The initiative, which calls for using natural gas as a bridge fuel, is both ambitious and expensive.

Ghana’s president commissions 13MW solar power plant at Kaleo

The project, which sits on a 20.4-hectare land, began in February 2020 and forms part of the first phase of the Volta River Authority’s (VRA) Renewable Energy Programme.

Korean firm wins $2.25bn order to help construction of Egypt’s Dabaa nuclear plant

AfrElec: Skypower Global in talks with Zimbabwe to build 500-MW solar park

Canadian renewable energy giant Skypower Global in talks with Zimbabwe to build 500MW solar park

Uganda, DR Congo partner to protect River Nyagak for downstream power generation

Nigerian politicians criticise country’s electricity generation companies for low output

Nigeria’s House of Representatives Committee on Finance has criticised officials from the country’s Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) after they failed to explain why so few megawatts are being generated by Power Generation Companies.

Kenyan steel, cement maker Devki Group to develop 60MW wind power plant to serve own needs

Anchorage Investments shortlists EPC contractors for $2bn Suez Canal Project

South Africa's utility Eskom partners with CPUT on staff-retraining agreement at Komati power plant

Joint venture RRFHP hydroelectric project of Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi on track for completion in November

Zimbabwe secures new electricity import deal with Zambia, extends old ones with Mozambique, minister says

Zambia power utility, ZESCO launches tender for the building of three 50MW solar projects

Zambia power utility, ZESCO launches tender for the building of three 50MW solar projects

Uganda power distributor Umeme’s H1 pre-tax profit up 33% y/y

Uganda to export 50MW to Kenya once damaged hydropower plant is fully operational

South African energy group Exxaro Resources eyes green hydrogen investment

Ugandan MPs order probe into Isimba dam shutdown

Zimbabwe, Zambia plan revival of long-delayed $5bn Batoka Gorge Hydropower Plant

Zimbabwe, Zambia plot revival of a long-delayed $5bn hydropower plant

Record global coal prices boost South African energy group Exxaro Resources' H1 2022 results

Record global coal prices boost South African energy group, Exxaro Resources' H1 2022 results

UK’s TuNur plans to invest $1.5bn in a solar power plant in Tunisia

The British TuNur group, a renewable energy developer, plans to invest $1.5bn in an export-oriented solar power plant in Tunisia’s south, mainly Gabes and Kebili.

South Africa: Municipal debt to Eskom rises 10% since March to $2.9bn, government orders municipalities to pay up

South Africa: Municipal debt to Eskom rises 10% since March to $2.9bn, government orders municipalities to pay up