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U.S. Assistant Secretary of State on African Affairs Johnnie Carson ‒ leader of the energy trade mission to Mozambique, Tanzania, Nigeria and Ghana later this month
The government of the United States is sending an energy trade mission to Mozambique, Tanzania, Nigeria and Ghana to look at potential investment projects with the aim of enhancing the countries' ability to generate electric power.
Worldwatch Institute says more than a billion people in the world still lack access to electricity.
More than a billion people in the world still lack access to electricity, while another one billion have unreliable access, hampering efforts to improve health and livelihoods, and to conserve the environment.
The government of Uganda has been forced to slash ministry and other departmental budgets as it scrambles to avert a crisis in the face of private power generators threatening to plunge the country into darkness over hundreds of billions of shillings in unpaid arrears.
Aerial view of off-grid renewable energy project in Namibia.
The Desert Research Foundation of Namibia (DRFN) has called on the government of Namibia to incorporate renewable energy into the mainstream of the country’s energy supply.
Unlocking South Africa's junior mining sector ‒ which could include consolidation among producers ‒ is considered a key factor in helping South African national power utility Eskom Holdings to fill a 40Mt shortfall in domestic coal supply forecast for 2018.
The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has clarified the details of its arbitration award handed down against South African national power utility Eskom Holdings on 23 December 2011.
China - investment in renewable energy is rising sharply.
Growing urbanisation and the resultant environmental threats it generates has led the government of China to invest nearly US$50 billion annually on the development of its renewable energy sector since 2009.
Eskom working to end problems with its pre-paid, on-line vending system.
Eskom Holdings is investigating the cause of slow performance on its prepaid online vending system, the South African national power utility has confirmed.
South African national power utility Eskom Holdings has registered concern about the security of coal supply beyond 2018, saying its suppliers are more interested in the higher paying Asian export markets.
Cahora Bassa ‒ ready to move ahead with its new Northern Plant.
The hydro-geological studies for construction of the Northern Plant of the Cahora Bassa Hydroelectric Facility (HCB) in Mozambique have been concluded, reaching a new milestone in the history of the giant power project.
Forte São João Baptista on Ibo island in Mozambique.
The island of Ibo, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, has been linked up to the country’s national power grid, state electricity company Electricidade de Moçambique (EdM) has revealed.
Eskom CEO Brian Dames ‒ “We may import more power from our neighbours.”
South African national power utility Eskom Holdings is considering importing more electricity from its neighbours as its own power resources are expected to remain tight for at least the next two years.
Energy sharing ‒ the subject of talks this week between the Zimbabwe Power Company and a special SADC delegation.
A 30-member delegation from the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC’s) Directorate of Infrastructure and Services will be visiting Zimbabwe this week to discuss the possibilities for future co-operation in the energy field.
The “on-off” Ngove hydroelectric dam nears completion.
Angolan energy and water minister João Baptista Borges has announced that the inauguration of the Ngove hydroelectric dam ‒ which will serve the provinces of Huambo and Bié ‒ is scheduled to take place in August.
Duvha power station ‒ where a 600MW generating unit failed last year.
At one point in January, peak demand of 30,282MW in South Africa was met by available capacity of 30,742MW ‒ a margin of only 1.5% or 460MW (which is less than one generating unit at a modern coal generating plant) The internationally accepted safe margin is 15%.
The governor of Angolan capital city of Luanda, Bento Joaquim Sebastião Francisco Bento has emphasised the need to improve the supply of electricity and drinking water, especially in suburban zones of the country's capital.
