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One of the major -- possibly the biggest -- challenges bedeviling the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) and threatening its sustainability is the liquidity challenge, hence the sector is not financially viable. Within the first seven days…
As South Africans were forced to deal with re-occurring power outages last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday that new generation capacity is being built to tackle power shortages. “Resolving our energy challenges isn’t just urgent; it is…
The South African Department of Energy has launched yesterday the fifth round of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Program (REIPPPP). It seeks to procure 1 GW of PV and 1.6 GW of wind power. South Africa's minister of…
The Trade and Development Bank (TDB) has launched a $75 million TDB SME Off-Grid Facility, which will facilitate access to debt financing for SMEs. Primarily targetted at renewable energy SMEs in the off-grid energy sector, the facility is also…
In Nigeria, the 10MW Katsina wind farm project has been completed and will be commissioned later this month as confirmed by the Ministry of Power in the Federal Government. This was disclosed by Bashir Ahmad, the personal assistant on new media to…
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a total of $22.5 million in additional financing to the Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project (ROGEAP). The facility will be in the form of grants from the International Development…
The Emirati independent power producer (IPP) Masdar Clean Energy has just obtained the approval of the Ethiopian government to produce 500 MWp of solar energy. The electricity will be fed into the grid of the state-owned Ethiopian Electric Power (…
The monocrystalline facility, planned near the town of Pâ by Swiss-owned developer Urbasolar following a tender, will help the government towards its target of reaching 200 MW of solar capacity this year. Burkina Faso's race to reach 200 MW of…
According to a variety of news reports, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) have said that projects currently being executed by the company would boost the national power grid by an additional 4,000MW when completed. Sule Abdulaziz, acting…