South Africa Announce Preferred Bidders for 2 GW Tender

South African Department of Mineral Resources (DMRE) has announced preferred bidders to procure short-term risk-mitigation capacity.…

REN21’s Report Shows that Cities Across Africa Demonstrate Progressive Leadership to Deploy Renewables

The 2021 edition of REN21’s Renewables in Cities Global Status Report, shows that one billion people…

AfDB Provides $27 Million Loan for 200 MWp Egyptian Power Plant

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved $27.2 million for constructing the Kom Ombo solar project.…

Kenya Set to Hybridize 23 Diesel Mini-Grids With Clean Energy

The government intends to complement diesel-powered mini-grids with clean energy sources. The plants will be fitted…

How Clean is Clean Energy?

Clean renewable energy investments have been on for a while although, with the advent of covid-19,…

Biothermica to Construct Waste-to-Energy Power Plant in Togo

The Quebecois provincial government plans to fund the development of a waste-to-energy power plant in Kloto,…

AfDB to Provide $5m Grant for Desert to Power (D2P) Initiative in the Sahel

The $5 million grant will finance three components of the D2P initiative in Chad, Mali, Mauritania,…

World’s Largest Vanadium Flow Battery System to Come Online in Australia

The 8MWh VFB storage system will provide over 10GWh dispatchable power to the local grid annually…

Does Nigeria Still Need Nuclear Energy?

By Aisi Atiti The current global coronavirus pandemic highlights the need for a turn towards more…