ACWA Power has signed an MOU with the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC), a government owned development finance institution, to explore the development of green hydrogen in South Africa.
South African utility Eskom has announced that it has signed agreements for four renewable power producers to use land around its power plants to accelerate getting new capacity online.
ACWA Power of Saudi Arabia has signed an MOU with the National Electricity Company of Senegal (SENELEC) to build a 160 MW CCGT in Cap des Biches, Senegal.
Tlou Energy is constructing a coal bed methane (CBM) extraction and power generation plant at Lesedi in Botswana.
Eskom of South Africa said that its energy transition plan may require $71 billion of investment, with the bulk of the money, up to $60 billion, coming from private investors.
South African state power utility Eskom has announced that it will be extending daily power cuts as the generation capacity shortage continues.
Azito Energie, a consortium of Ivory Coast’s IPS-WA, the French utility EDF, and ABB, has announced that its Azito Phase IV power plant is now in full commercial operation.
South Africa’s state power utility Eskom has announced that it has increased the hours of daily power cut temporarily, because it lost more generation capacity.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has cleared Uganda to start building a 2000 MW nuclear power plant.
Botswana has invited bids from IPPs to build a 200 MW solar PV power plant to boost power generation and increase the proportion of renewable energy.