AfrElec - Africa Power Monitor

12 April 2023

Egypt’s Al-Suwaidi, Qatar’s Urbacon to build €1.19bn power plant in Libya

11 April 2023

Egypt’s Al-Suwaidi Electric and Qatar’s Urbacon Trading and Contracting signed a deal worth €1.19bn to construct 1,044-MW gas-fired power plant in Libya’s Zliten region. The contract was signed with the Libyan General Electricity Co. (GECOL).

China leading the pack on switch to sodium-ion packs

11 April 2023

With lithium-ion batteries seen by a growing number of nations as the battery tech of yesteryear thanks to the obvious limit of natural lithium in the world, the race is on to lodge patents to control the next big thing in battery tech: sodium-ion.

Africa's power generation landscape could be transformed by introduction of SMRs

10 April 2023

The AfDB says more than 640mn of the continent’s 1.4bn people do not have electricity. Jakkie Cilliers, head of African Futures and Innovation at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), forecasts this to rise to 657mn by 2030 on current trends.

Ethiopian diaspora groups issue joint statement urging Egypt to co-operate over GERD dam

6 April 2023

Over 34 Ethiopian organisations based abroad have issued a joint statement urging Egypt to alter its "counterproductive posture" and work collaboratively with Addis Ababa on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project.