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Eskom CEO says getting IPPs onto South African power grid will be costly
- 2020-01-28 06:11:13.740471
- David Flin
Andre de Ruyter, CEO of Eskom, said that while he is in favour of allowing companies generate their own power, there will be significant initial costs if they are to sell their excess generation into the South African grid.
Hyundai E&C consortium wins $750 million order to build CCGT in Algeria
- 2020-01-16 05:07:25.803058
- David Flin
Hyundai Engineering & Construction (Hyundai E&C) Consortium, (Hyundai E&C, Hyundai Engineering, and POSCO International) has won a $750 million order to build a combined cycle gas turbine power plant in Algeria.
South Africa to embrace private power generation
- 2020-01-15 06:01:10.447171
- David Flin
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the country will encourage efforts by businesses to generate their own power.
Joint electricity grid between Egypt and Sudan to start operating in January
- 2019-12-30 05:27:06.090064
- David Flin
Ayman Hamza, a spokesman for the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy said that a 50MW grid connection between the Egyptian and Sudanese electricity grids will start operation on 12 January, 2020.
ACWA Power signs PPAs for 250MW of solar projects in Ethiopia
- 2019-12-24 04:40:37.039146
- David Flin
Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power has signed 20-year PPAs for two solar projects totalling 250MW with Ethiopia’s state-owned electricity producer Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP).
Zimbabwe licenses Zimbabwe-Chinese joint venture to construct 50MW thermal power plant
- 2019-12-19 04:48:14.646920
- David Flin
Zimbabwe has licensed a joint venture between Zimbabwean and Chinese investors to establish a 50MW coal-fired power plant.
Wärtsilä Modular Block solution ordered for West African gold mine
- 2019-12-17 05:56:59.134085
- David Flin
Wärtsilä has announced the first order of its new Wärtsilä Modular Block solution for power generation by Aggreko.
Kenya launches Chinese-built 50MW solar power plant
- 2019-12-16 06:06:50.580659
- David Flin
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has opened a 50MW solar power farm in Garissa, in the northeast of the country.
Sabotage at Eskom was cause of power outages
- 2019-12-12 04:54:47.242678
- David Flin
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said that “acts of sabotage” at Eskom led to a massive power loss of 2000MW during the most recent load-shedding period.
South Africa suffers power cuts as Eskom units break down
- 2019-12-06 05:16:04.137876
- David Flin
South Africa was hit by power cuts on 5 December after a number of generating units broke down, forcing the state utility Eskom to cut 2000MW from the national grid on a rotational basis.
