GE Oil & Gas, which specialises in oil and gas equipment and services, in consortium with Rockson Engineering Nigeria, has been awarded a $230mn power plant contract by the Federal Government of Nigeria.

The World Energy Council has addressed the challenges highlighted at the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 (COP 15) with the publication of a report on World Energy & Climate Policy.

South African petrochemicals group Sasol recently announced a R3mn, five-year sponsorship of solar thermal energy research at Stellenbosch University's Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering.

The new reforestation project on the Plateau of Bateke, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, will be a boon to the local community as it generates vital environmental benefits and presents various social services through an innovative financing scheme.

The demand for electricity in Zambia is projected to go beyond 2,000 megawatts before end-2011.