Campaigners spoke at the launch of Kenya’s green energy transition strategy. Mithika Mwenda says vulnerable people…
Category: Southern Africa
Cape Town, Johannesburg Experience Unscheduled Blackouts
Eskom’s overhead line fault causes power outages in the Southern, Northern, CBD, and Atlantic seaboard suburbs.…
Zimbabwe: Feasible Tariff Key to Reliable Power – Energy Minister
Zhemu Soda notes that the absence of reliable power in Zimbabwe is due to the lack…
Namibia’s Development Bank to Finance Solar Power Plant at Zinc Mine
DBN approves funding for solar deployment in Namibia. The solar park will contribute 30% of the…
South Africa: Eskom Implements Stage 4 Load Shedding
Eskom releases a press statement notifying electricity customers of stage 4 load shedding. The load shedding…
South Africa: Eskom Handles Electricity Crises
Eskom Initiates 2nd wave of load shedding. Load shedding begins at 5 pm Monday and ends…
DBN to Finance the Deployment of Solar Plant in Namibia
A 5.4MW solar power plant is expected to be developed at the Rosh Pinah Mine. DBN…
Siemens, Desert Technologies Launch Capton to Invest in Solar Energy
Both companies aim to develop a portfolio of 1000MW of solar energy Capton Energy plans to…
South Africa’s 147MW Roggeveld Wind Farm Begins Operations
Roggeveld wind farm commences commercial operations. The electricity will be fed into the national grid. A…
Norfund, CDC to provide R600m for Clean Energy Development in South Africa
Norfund and CDC will finance clean climate and energy projects in South Africa. South Africa targets…