AfrElec - Africa Power Monitor

19 April 2023

“Ethiopia stalling talks to buy time for filling the dam,” claims Egypt’s Deputy Foreign Minister for African Affairs

14 April 2023

Egypt's Deputy Foreign Minister for African Affairs, Hamdy Loza, has accused Ethiopia of intentionally delaying talks on the Nile dispute to "buy time" for filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) without reaching an agreement.

Egypt’s Elsewedy Electric-led consortium wins $883mn power plant project in Libya

14 April 2023

Egyptian Stock Exchange listed Elsewedy Electric-led consortium with Qatar’s UrbaCon Trading and Contracting Company has landed a contract with Libyan General Electricity Company (GECOL) to build 1-MW power plant in Libya.

Global power sector emissions may have peaked – Ember

12 April 2023

Emissions from the electricity sector could have peaked in 2022, says a new report from climate and energy think-tank Ember.

Algeria plans to construct power plants to export electricity to Europe

12 April 2023

Algeria is currently planning to construct solar energy and gas-operated power plants to export electricity to European countries, Energy Minister Mohamed Arkab said on April 12.

Global wind energy to top 1-TW threshold by the end of 2023

12 April 2023

The global wind energy market will achieve 1 TW of installed capacity by the end of 2023, according to Wood Mackenzie's latest market outlook. This marks a significant acceleration in growth, as it took more than 40 years to reach the first TW.