Eswatini Launches Tender for Solar Minigrid Project

Eswatini has launched a tender to develop a solar minigrid project to electrify the Bulimeni community,…

SDCEA Seminar in South Africa Addressed Electricity Costs, Promoted Renewables

The South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA) held a seminar on July 9 at the Diakonia…

City Power to Enforce 12.72% Tariff Hike Starting July 1

City Power will enforce a 12.72% tariff hike on July 1, following the approval of the…

Eskom Plans to Increase Electricity Tariffs in South Africa to 44% in 2025

Eskom will ask South Africa’s energy regulator for an electricity tariff increase of 36.15 per cent…

US approves Empire Wind 1 into its City Transmission System

US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved Equinor’s Empire Wind 1, an offshore wind project,…

ECG Cuts Power to Ghana’s Parliament Over Debt

Ghana’s state-owned power distributor, ECG, briefly disconnected electricity to Ghana’s parliament building. This happened on Thursday…

Kenya’s EPRA Hikes Electricity Price by 16.5%

Kenya’s Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has announced another electricity price hike of 16.5 per…

South Africa to Face Load-Shedding for Five More Years

South Africa will face at least five more years of load-shedding despite a recent positive run…

Reps Pass Bill to Develop Biofuels for Second Reading

The House of Representatives has passed for Second reading a Bill for an Act to provide…

NERSA Approves Licences to Expand Grid in South Africa

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has approved two important licences to be issued…