Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema officially commissioned a Chinese-built hydropower plant following the switching on of the…
Category: Southern Africa
China Energy Plans 1,000 MW Floating Solar Plant for Zimbabwe
Renewables firm China Energy Engineering Corp (China Energy) has submitted a proposal to Zimbabwe’s state utility,…
DPA to Provide 12MW of Solar Power to Adac’s Data Centres
The South African data centers owned by Africa Data Centre (ADAC) want to lessen their carbon…
South Africa to Include PV at Waterworks Infrastructure
The South African government has invited independent power producers (IPPs) to design, build, finance and operate…
African Energy Chamber Launches The State of South African Energy Special Report
The African Energy Chamber, AEC, serving as the voice of the African energy sector – has…
South Africa: Load Shedding to be Suspended Where Possible
While generator capacity has partially recovered over the weekend, Eskom says it will stop load shedding…
South African wind farm reaches financial close
African Clean Energy Developments has reached financial close with its lender Rand Merchant Bank on the 69MW Msenge Emoyeni…
Vestas Wins 373 MW Order for Three Wind Farms in South Africa
South Africa awards a fresh order to Vestas Wind Systems. The independent power producer (IPP) Red…
Escom Starts Fixing Power Infrastructure Damaged by Cyclone Freddy in Malawi
Officials from Escom have started fixing damaged electricity infrastructure and restoring power in some of the…
Africa DC signs 12MW Solar PPA in South Africa
Africa Data Centres (ADC) has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Distributed Power Africa (DPA)…