Eskom Needs $10bn to Shut Down Coal Power Plants

Eskom says it needs $10bn to phase out coal generation. The company plans to repurpose some…

World Bank Approves $168m for Solar Electrification in Burkina Faso

The World Bank has approved loans of about $168m for Burkina Faso. The loans will support…

Jinko and JA Solar to Acquire 9% Stake Each in Polysilicon Facility

Jinko Energy and JA Solar plan to invest in polysilicon manufacturer Xnite.  The deal will see…

Wind Produced Green Hydrogen Could be Cost-Effective by 2030 – Siemens Gamesa

Siemens Gamesa believes that wind energy-produced hydrogen could compete with fossil fuel produced hydrogen by 2030.…

Solar Hybrid Power Plant to be Deployed for Burkina Faso Gold Project

Orezone has signed a PPA with Genser Energy for the supply of energy from a solar…

TotalEnergies and Novatek to Decarbonise LNG Production in Russia

TotalEnergies and Novatek have agreed to reduce carbon emissions in the production of LNG. Both companies…

Accelerating Off-Grid Electrification with Natural Gas

  In sub-Saharan Africa, about 600 million people lack access to electricity. For example, in Nigeria,…

BOTSWANA: Minister Calls for Private Sector Participation Electricity Sector

Minister calls for private sector participation Suggests the use of PPP. Botswana’s Minister of Mineral Resources,…

Where Power Meets the Soil

Agriculture is the largest sector of the Nigerian economy, employing over two-thirds of the entire labour…

Scatec Awarded Hybrid Solar Contracts in South Africa’s Emergency Tender

Scatec has been awarded 50MW of contracts for each of the Kenhardt 1, 2 and 3…