The Mexican government plans to construct what it calls Latin America’s largest PV plant. Teh plant…
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High Operating Costs, a Setback for the Manufacturing Sector – COMESA
Operating costs too high for manufacturing expansion says COMESA Unreliability of electricity a contributory factor to…
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…
Oolu Solar, RP Global Set Up New Solar Venture
Oolu and RP Global set up a new solar venture, Westa.solar. Westa.solar will deploy commercial and…
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: 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,…
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…