Red Cap Energy Closes 330MW Wind Project Deal

South African renewable energy developer, Red Cap Energy has achieved a financial close on a 330…

Southern African Power Pool Launches $1.3bn Fund for Transmission Lines

The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) and investment advisers Climate Fund Managers have launched a new…

Kenya to Grant IPPs Licences for New Electricity Market

Kenya’s Ministry of Energy has announced plans to grant Independent Power Producers (IPPs) licences as part…

Dangote Plans to Set Up Oil Trading Firm – Report

Africa’s wealthiest individual, Aliko Dangote, is in the planning stages of establishing an oil trading arm,…

South Africa’s DA Urges Eskom to Implement VGBE Report

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on Eskom to implement the recommendations in a report on the…

EPRA Sets New Rules to End Kenya Power Monopoly

Kenya’s Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has developed regulations to open the electricity market and…

WPL Completes $300M Green Bond Offering

Alliant Energy Corp’s Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL) subsidiary has concluded a green bond offering…

Afreximbank, APPO to Help Establish the African Energy Bank

Afreximbank and the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO) are working together to establish the African Energy…

EU Calls for Fossil Fuel Contribution to Climate Finance

A European Union (EU) draft calls for fossil fuel firms to aid climate change efforts in…

Africa to be $2.5 Trillion Short of Climate Finance by 2030, UN Says

A UN official said that Africa will be $ 2.5 trillion short of the finances it…