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Nigeria launches $500mn power transmission project to boost Lagos-Ogun Industrial Corridor
Zimbabwe builds 42km water pipeline to boost electricity production at Hwange coal-fired plant
European Investment Bank discusses plans to support Egypt’s renewable energy projects
Natural gas producer Orca Energy to claim $1.2bn in contractual dispute with Tanzania and TPDC
Swiss conglomerate Glencore invests $175mn in rebuilding oil refinery, takes $611mn coal impairments in South Africa
Swiss commodity multinational Glencore suffered $611mn in impairments related to its coal business in South Africa in the first half of 2024 due to export logistics challenges that have afflicted the economy for years.
South African Presidency allocates $613mn to JET-IP grant projects
The Presidency has announced that $613mn of the $821mn pledged in grants to support South Africa’s Just Energy Transition Investment Plan has now been allocated to specific projects
Vestas receives 144-MW wind turbine contract for project in South Africa
Danish sustainable energy solutions provider Vestas Wind Systems (Vestas) has landed a contract to supply wind turbines for a project in South Africa.
South African municipalities owe power utility Eskom $4.5bn in unpaid debts
South African municipalities jointly owe ZAR82.3bn ($4.5bn) to the state-owned power utility Eskom for supplied electricity. The utility is battling to collect this debt.
NERSA’s decision to deny grid access puts South Africa’s renewable projects at risk, says SAWEA
Fortis Green, AXIAN Energy acquire solar plant in Rwanda
Burkina Faso the latest African country to enter nuclear power plant construction talks with Russia
A delegation of technical experts from the Russian nuclear corporation Rosatom has arrived in Burkina Faso to negotiate the construction of a nuclear power plant in the West African country, local media outlet Burkina24 reported on August 6.
African energy advocacy group plans to sue Western financiers over discrimination against African oil and gas
Western financiers' discrimination against African oil and gas is "very unjust, hypocritical and colonial," the head of a key African energy advocacy group has claimed.
Eni teams up with Sonatrach, Sonelgaz to study Algeria-Europe subsea power cable
Italian energy group Eni has teamed up with Algerian state-owned energy utilities Sonelgaz and Sonatrach to explore the possibility of establishing a subsea power cable connecting Algeria to Europe.
ASX-traded miner Deep Yellow singles out its Namibian project Tumas as key towards goal to produce 10mn pounds of uranium annually
An Australian uranium miner, Deep Yellow, aims to produce 10mn pounds within the next 10 years, with its Tumas project in Namibia expected to contribute to that output.
AMEA Power breaks ground on 24-MW solar project in Uganda
UAE-based renewable energy developer AMEA Power has commenced construction on the Ituka solar photovoltaic project, which, upon completion, will be the largest solar installation in the region
Zambia to import electricity from Zimbabwe as local hydro output suffers impact of "worst drought in 40 years"
Zambia will import electricity from Zimbabwe as its hydropower plants, which produce up to 80% of the power it consumes, have been hampered by a drought.
South Africa’s energy regulator rejects Eskom’s bid to reserve grid for BW7 projects
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) has rejected state-owned power utility Eskom’s proposal to save grid connection capacity for publicly procured renewable power projects.
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