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Green power projects in South Africa failing
- 2023-07-19 07:38:30.655805
- David Flin
Nearly half of the projects awarded under the relaunch of South Africa’s renewable power purchase programme have failed, undermining plans to use wind and solar to ease the nation’s energy crisis.
Zambezi River Authority sets limit on water for Kariba Dam
- 2023-07-03 07:03:29.302670
- David Flin
ZESA Holdings has announced it is limiting its use of power from the Kariba South Bank Hydropower Plant in order to manage its water allocation from the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA).
Eskom could be unbundled by December
- 2023-06-12 07:17:03.369351
- David Flin
South Africa’s Department of Public Enterprises has announced that the country’s first dedicated power transmission company could be unbundled from Eskom by the end of 2023, allowing IPPs to compete directly with Eskom.
AfDB, France, and EU grant $300 million for Tanzania hydropower plant
- 2023-04-18 07:52:55.828781
- David Flin
The African Development Bank (AfDB), the French Development Agency (AFD), and the EU have agreed to provide $300 million to the government of Tanzania to build the 87.8 MW Kakono hydropower plant.
China proposes 1200 MW floating solar PV plant for Zimbabwe
- 2023-04-12 07:20:47.649430
- David Flin
China Energy Engineering Group has proposed to construct a 1200 MW floating solar PV plant on Lake Kariba to help alleviate Zimbabwe’s electricity crisis.
Eskom returns operation of hydropower plants to Ugandan Government
- 2023-03-28 07:18:19.799840
- David Flin
South Africa’s Eskom returned two hydropower plants to Uganda’s government after Ugandan authorities declined to renew its licence.
Agreement signed for 70 MW solar plant in Côte d’Ivoire
- 2023-03-15 06:51:28.994105
- David Flin
Masdar of Abu Dhabi has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Mines, Petroleum, and Energy for the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire for the development of a 70 MW solar plant.
Kenya hit by countrywide power outage
- 2023-03-06 06:27:10.805099
- David Flin
Kenya was hit by a nationwide power blackout on 4 March, which the electricity distributor Kenya Power said was caused by a “system disturbance”.
KenGen to install 3000 MW of additional renewable generation capacity
- 2023-01-09 06:54:41.581002
- David Flin
Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has announced plans to help meet Kenya’s target of generating electricity from 100 per cent renewable sources by 2030.
Zambia introduces 12-hour power outages as Kariba reservoir low
- 2023-01-05 07:04:27.646373
- David Flin
Zambia’s electricity utility ZESCO has said that as a result of low levels of available water at the Kariba dam, it will be increasing load shedding to 12 hours daily until further notice.
