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Azito Energie reaches financial close for Côte d’Ivoire
African IPP Azito Energie has reached financial close on its 253-MW expansion of the existing 460-MW Azito gas-fired power plant near Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire.
UK makes green play in Africa
The UK is to continue providing development financing for African countries that extract and use oil and gas in cleaner ways, despite UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement that his government would no longer support coal mining anywhere.
Global green spending rises 1% in 2019
Global investment in renewable generation rose 1% in 2019 to $282bn, with the Chinese market falling and US spending reaching record levels.
Resignation of Eskom chair extends reign of chaos
Eskom chair Jabu Mabuza resigned on January 10, blaming the company’s failure to prevent load-shedding last week.
IRENA formalises support for green energy in East Africa
IRENA conference turns focus on to green hydrogen
Green hydrogen needs to build on its unprecedented political and business momentum if it is to beat fossil fuels, derive gas hydrogen on cost within five years and drive forward the energy transition
South Africa remains vulnerable as load-shedding continues
Load-shedding continues in South Africa as political promises are broken. Eskom and the government have failed to put forward workable solutions to the crisis
AfDB to provide $21.8mn to fund solar irrigation in Sudan
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $21.8mn grant to the government of Sudan to accelerate the adoption of solar-powered irrigation pumps in the country’s West Kordofan and North Kordofan states.
Nigeria planning to resume work on Ogidigben gas complex
Nigeria’s federal government has announced the revival of a major natural gas initiative that has been on hold for the last five years.
Coal demand set for temporary blip in 2019
Declining coal demand and Europe and the US are driving a slight fall in global coal demand in 2019 to 5.390bn tonnes of coal equivalent after two years of growth, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Namibia's power supply squeezed as drought hits hydropower plant
Micro-grids to play key role in relief work
Micro-grids and other on-site renewable energy installations could supply refugee communities across the globe with the cheap, reliable electricity they need.
Indonesian company preparing to drill at Mozambique’s Búzi block
Buzi Hydrocarbons, a subsidiary of Indonesia’s Energi Mega Persada (EMP), is reportedly preparing to drill its first exploration well at the onshore Búzi block in central Mozambique.
Eskom’s outlook is bleak as worst ever power cuts hit SA
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said that Eskom will stabilise the national grid and end power cuts by March in an effort to calm popular protests and to avoid any long-term harm to the economy.
AfDB lends $210mn for Nigerian grid upgrades
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $210mn financing package for the Nigeria Transmission Expansion Project (NTEP1) to rehabilitate and upgrade the country’s national grid and to improve distribution and supply.
China talks sustainability and climate protection in Africa
China is talking up its sustainability and climate protection credentials in Africa in a bid to deepen its socio-economic influence across the continent.
Eskom reform plans dismissed as optimistic
Record fall predicted for global coal generation
New research forecasts falling global coal-fired generation in 2019, as declining output in the EU and US outpaces expansion in Asia
Senegal discusses gas-to-power plans
Senegal’s Petroleum and Energy Minister Mahamadou Makhtar Cisse said last week that his country was keen to use its offshore reserves of natural gas as fuel for electricity generation.
Eskom appoints white CEO
Private equity investor Actis buys into Senegal’s Tobene IPP
Morocco's SWF targets renewable energy
ONHYM chief: Morocco remains committed to proposed Atlantic gas pipeline
The head of Morocco's government says the country remains committed to the construction of the Atlantic pipeline, which will pump natural gas from Nigeria to the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
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