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Private equity firm C5 Capital to build South Africa’s first mini nuclear reactor within next three years

8 November 2023

Private equity firm C5 Capital plans to build South Africa’s first mini nuclear reactor within next three years

Germany invests $27mn in Mozambique renewable energy initiative

8 November 2023

The funding, Water Power Magazine reported on November 7, is made available under the Global Energy Transition Feed-in-Tariff (GET FiT), a European Union initiative to advance private investment in renewable energy projects.

Regional development bank DBSA seeks alternative auction model for South Africa’s REIPPPP

8 November 2023

The Development Bank of Southern Africa has extended its tender for advice on an alternative auction model for South Africa’s renewable energy independent power producer procurement programme.

Geothermal projects in Africa to attract $35bn worth of investments by 2050, Rystad Energy predicts

7 November 2023

Africa’s geothermal sector will attract at least $35bn in investments by 2050, according to Rystad Energy’s latest projections. This investment will see Africa’s installed geothermal capacity surpass that of Europe by the end of the decade.

South Africa accelerates plans for 3 GW of gas-to-power projects, says minister

6 November 2023

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.

Ethiopia preparing for fifth GERD filling, Egyptian scientist claims

3 November 2023

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

3 November 2023

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

3 November 2023

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

2 November 2023

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

1 November 2023

Turkish generator Karpowership has received environmental authorisation for one of its three ship-mounted power plants to connect to the South African grid.

South Africa’s power utility Eskom reports $1.2bn loss in FY 2022/23

1 November 2023

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.

South Africa utility Eskom's costly logo design tender amid energy crisis draws sharp criticism

30 October 2023

A recently announced multi-million-rand tender to design a new company logo and develop a new corporate identity for the struggling national power utility Eskom has attracted much controversy.

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