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The Cameroonian and Congolese governments have decided to entrust the environmental study and construction of the dam, as well as the Chollet hydroelectric plant, to China Gezhouba Group Company (CGGC). After the environmental and social assessment…
The private-sector arm of the World Bank says it will lend up to $150 million to Johannesburg-based Absa Bank for green project funding.
The International Finance Corp (IFC) today announced it will provide credit of up to $150 million to…
The Egyptian government is studying the possibility of exporting some of its electricity to Iraq. Such a project, if approved, would require the construction of new power lines to boost the Iraqi grid through Jordan. Egypt already exports some of…
ACWA Power, the Saudi developer, investor and operator of power generation and water desalination plants has announced the commencement of construction on the 100MW Redstone project following achievement of financial close.
At ZAR 11.6 billion (162…
Following an inspection visit to the site of the Zungeru hydropower project, Niger State authorities say that the first turbine of the plant will be operational in December 2021. The facility built in west-central Nigeria will have a capacity of 700…
The South African Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy on Friday last week released a notice in the government gazette of his intent to raise the threshold for embedded generation from 1MW to 10MW.
While this advance in legislation will be…
The federal government of Nigeria has rejected a report by the World Bank on the current state of its power sector.
The World Bank’s report indicated that over 78% of electricity consumers in Nigeria received less than 12 hours of electricity…
Germany is providing a grant of 20 million euros to Ghana. The funding is intended to strengthen technical cooperation between the two countries in the fields of agribusiness, renewable energy and energy efficiency.
The grant agreement was signed…
The Biden-Harris Administration selected Power Africa’s climate positive, energy prosperity producing Mega Solar project as a deliverable from the Leaders Summit on Climate.
Mega Solar is a partnership between Power Africa and the Governments of…