AfrElec - Africa Power Monitor

Nigeria's national grid achieves stable power generation above 4,000 MW since the start of the year

Thanks to the deployment of new transformers, substations and other accessories to boost supply, the national grid's electricity generation has significantly improved and has stayed above the 4,000-MW mark for several months.

Construction of Kenyan industrial park targeting foreign investors to start in 2025, utility KenGen says

Daewoo E&C secures $790mn deal to construct power plants in Libya

South Korea's Daewoo Engineering & Construction (E&C) has secured a $790mn deal from Libya’s General Electricity Company (GECOL) to construct gas-fired power generation plants in Misurata and Mellitah and install the emergency power supply.

South Africa experience solar panel sales boom as power outages bite

South Africa, which is experiencing crippling power shortages, has seen a sharp increase in solar power uptake, while new tax incentives for businesses and households are fuelling a surge in demand for solar PV.

Egyptian Foreign Minister warns Cairo will ‘defend its interests’ if Ethiopia’s GERD dam hampers Nile water flow

Danish investor CIP acquires controlling stake in South African renewable energy IPP

South Africa’s new electricity minister unready to say when chronic power outages may end

Kenya’s geothermal plants set for upgrade after securing EU funding

Africa’s nuclear ambitions set for centre stage at AFNBP conference in Uganda

AfrElec: Astra Energy secures land for 50-MW renewable power plant in Zanzibar

AfrElec: Uganda to invest $9bn in 2,000-MW nuclear power plant

AfrElec: S&P Global downgrades South Africa’s economic outlook amid worsening energy crisis

AfrElec: Kenya Power facing $51mn revenue drop as government extends 15% electricity tariff subsidy

S&P Global downgrades South Africa’s economic outlook amid worsening energy crisis

Kenya parliament starts investigating 11 IPPs over disadvantageous contracts amid rising electricity prices

Ghana assures independent power producers (IPPs) it will settle $1.3bn in arrears

Botswana willing to bail out state-owned coal miner Minergy, minister says

Abu Dhabi’s TAQA invests $1.6bn in Morocco’s green energy projects by 2030

South Africa’s government launches request for proposals to procure 513 MW of battery energy storage

Red Sea Wind Energy partners secure $501mn loan to build 500-MW wind farm on Gulf of Suez

Red Sea Wind Energy, a JV of Japan’s Toyota Tsusho and its subsidiary Eurus Energy, France’s Engie and Egypt’s Orascom Construction, obtained a $501mn loan from a multinational banking consortium to build a 500-MW wind farm on the Gulf of Suez.