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South Africa accelerates plans for 3 GW of gas-to-power projects, says minister
South Africa is accelerating plans for two projects with a combined gas-fired power generation of 3 GW to help address the country’s energy deficit that is hurting the economy.
South Africa's focus reforming Eskom, Transnet insufficient to propel economy 1.5%, analyst says
Atlantic Lithium targets 900 workforce in Ghana
Ethiopia preparing for fifth GERD filling, Egyptian scientist claims
Ethiopia has commenced the release of water from the middle corridor of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) – the $5bn hydroelectric dam being built near the source of the Blue Nile river – as part of preparations for its fifth filling.
South Africa’s Finance Minister optimistic about state power utility Eskom’s future
South Africa’s Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana believes there is hope on the horizon for the county’s embattled state-run power utility Eskom.
Globeleq's 19-MW / 7-MWh solar-plus-storage Mozambique project starts commercial operations
Globeleq, a British independent power producer focused on Africa, has said its $36mn combined solar and battery storage plant in Mozambique has started commercial operations.
South Africa power utility Eskom transfers load shedding operations to City Power Johannesburg
South Africa’s state-owned power utility Eskom will hand over operations to implement power outages, or load shedding, to City Power Johannesburg.
South Africa’s DFFE grants environmental authorisation to Karpowership
Turkish generator Karpowership has received environmental authorisation for one of its three ship-mounted power plants to connect to the South African grid.
Kenyan electricity generator KenGen mulls geothermal drilling projects in Malawi and Tanzania
South Africa’s power utility Eskom reports $1.2bn loss in FY 2022/23
South Africa’s embattled power utility Eskom reported a ZAR23.9bn ($1.2bn) net loss after tax for the past financial year following record electricity outages, or load shedding, which intensified in the fourth quarter of 2022.
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