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Mozambique commissions more solar mini-grids
Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi has commissioned a 200-kW solar power plant in the province of Niassa as part of government plans to provide universal power access in the country.
Kenya pays $163mn in penalties because of delays at Lake Turkana wind farm
Kenya has had to pay KES18bn ($163mn) in penalties because of delays in connecting the Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) to the national grid.
Zambia experiences major power cuts
Zambia was hit by an almost country-wide power cut on August 8, with state-owned power utility blaming total system failure.
Eskom suffers explosion at new Medupi unit just after switch on
An explosion took place on August 8 at the new Unit 4 of Eskom’s 4,764-MW Medupi Power Station just one week after it began commercial generation.
US LNG players flag up current trends
US LNG producers discussed various gas market trends that are driving their plans during their second-quarter earnings calls recently.
South Africa raises distributed generation limit to 100 MW
The South African government has raised from 1 MW to 100 MW the limit for private power generation without a licence, in a bit to bring new generation of electricity capacity onto the national grid.
Russia’s stumbling along in the race to carbon neutrality
Earlier this year Vladimir Putin’s called for cutting Russia’s greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions to below those of the European Union as the Kremlin starts to wake up to the dangers of global warming.
Pandemic challenges wind power projects in Mekong Delta
Wind developers in Vietnam are rushing to open wind farms in the Mekong River Delta area ahead of a subsidy deadline in November.
China’s coal stocks fall as summer demand rises
China's coal inventories have dropped by up to 26% year on year in August as demand for power rose and severe weather caused transport problems, the country’s state media said.
Cosan subsidiary begins building LNG import terminal in Santos
Compass Gas e Energia, a unit of Brazil’s Cosan industrial group, recently began building a new LNG regasification terminal in the port of Santos in São Paulo state.
Chesapeake returns to acquisitions with Vine deal
Chesapeake Energy announced this week that it had struck a deal to buy Haynesville shale player Vine Energy in a zero premium transaction valued at around $2.2bn.
NFE to deliver LNG to two Brazilian fertiliser plants
US-based New Fortress Energy (NFE) revealed earlier this week that it had agreed to deliver LNG to two fertiliser plants owned by Unigel Participações, a major Brazilian chemical company.
New Tema exec promises better times
Nuclear reactor vessel annealed in Armenia
JKX increases revenue 13%, profit 6.5x in 1H21
Black Sea oil spill 400-time larger than reported
Mongolia opens EPC tender for 10 MW solar park
ExxonMobil weighs net zero pledge, launches shale sale
Super-major ExxonMobil is reportedly considering making a pledge to pursue net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This comes as the company finds itself under growing pressure from investors over its stance on decarbonisation.
BAPCO awards contract to ART
Dangote rubbishes refinery debt claims
AFRELEC: AfDB provides $2.5mn to boost Africa’s regional grids
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved $2.5bn of grants to promote cross-border trading in Eastern and Southern Africa.
Aramco announces bumper profits, RIL talks update
House Democrats seek more clean energy spending
The US Senate has passed a bipartisan infrastructure bill with electricity grid spending – and already House Democrats are lining up to push for more clean energy spending as the legislation continues to wend its way through Congress
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