Sierra Leone’s Gold Mine Commits to Hybrid Solar Power Plant

Sierra Leone’s gold mining sector commits to sustainability with a hybrid solar power plant. Independent power…

Madagascar Hybridises Oil Power Plants with Solar PV, Plans 2nd Phase

Madagascar hybridises three large-scale heavy-fuel oil power plants with solar photovoltaic (PV) and plans to commence…

ACWA Power Signs PPA for Solar, BESS in South Africa

Saudi-based independent power producer (IPP), ACWA Power, has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with government…

South Africa Opens Bids for 5GW Renewable Power Generation

South Africa has launched bidding rounds for 5,000 megawatts (MW) of new power generation capacity from…

Dubai Inaugurates World’s Largest Solar Power

The world’s largest concentrated solar power site has been formally inaugurated in Dubai as part of…

Ghana’s Sunon Power Suspends Planned Shutdown

Sunon Asogli Power (Ghana) Limited has suspended the shutdown of its plant for one week. According…

SAMWU Calls for Transparency in Power Station Lease

The South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) in Gauteng has called for the City of Tshwane…

Cape Town’s Innovative Wheeling Project Brings Solar Power Integration to City Grid

The city of Cape Town has initiated a pilot project for wheeling a process of buying…

Vodacom Partners with Eskom for Independent Power Supply

Vodacom has signed a Virtual Wheeling agreement with utility provider Eskom for independent power supply. This…

Globeleq Starts Work on its First Geothermal Power Plant in Menengai

At the Menengai location, geothermal resource extraction is well under way. In western Kenya’s Nakuru County,…