Botswana Set to Deploy 12 Solar Power Plants

  Botswana’s state utility has signed PPAs for its first two independent solar projects. 12 solar…

BOTSWANA: Four Firms Shortlisted for 300MW Coal Project

  Four firms shortlisted for the 300MW project The project could cost $1 billion Winning bidder…

Mexico Plans to Construct ‘Latin America’s Largest PV Plant’

The Mexican government plans to construct what it calls Latin America’s largest PV plant. Teh plant…

ETHIOPIA: AfDB Approves $83.6 Million Funding for Cross-Border Electricity Trade

The AfDB approves $83.6 million funding facility To boost cross-border electricity trade between Ethiopia and Djibouti…

GHANA: Brace for More Power Outages – IES

IES says consumers should brace for more outages The government owes approximately $1 billion to IPPs…

SOUTH AFRICA: South Africa Losses R25 billion to Load Shedding

R25 billion lost to load shedding Eskom implementing stage 4 load shedding Amendment to Electricity Act…

Accelerating Off-Grid Electrification with Natural Gas

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

Botswana and Namibia Sign Agreements for the Development of a 5,000 MWp Solar Complex

Botswana and Namibia have signed a Memorandum of Intent (MoI) to develop a 5,000 MWp mega…

GHANA: Constant Tariff Increase Promotes Inefficiency – IES

IES alleges calls for increment in tariff prices The increment to increase revenue for GRIDCo, ECG…

Ghana Sets Sight on Nuclear Power

Ghanaian government plans to introduce Nuclear energy Ghana has seen an increase in power cuts IES…