Access to reliable and affordable energy in four West Africa countries will be transformed once a new 1303km electricity interconnector, inaugurated on 4 June 2017 on the sideline of the ECOWAS Heads of State Summit in Monrovia, is operational
Energy
BWSC awarded contract to build high-efficiency power plant in Mali
Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor A/S (BWSC) has been awarded a EUR90mn (US$100mn) contract to build a high-efficiency power plant which will increase the power capacity in Mali by 25 per cent
ENGIE and eleQtra sign an agreement for the development of a wind project in Ghana
The project is expected to require an investment of approximately US$120mn and to start operations early 2019
“Shale gas will be a game changer for South Africa”
The H.E honourable Thembisile Majola deputy minister of energy, South Africa, heralded natural gas as the next potential resource for power generation
Israel signs MoU with ECOWAS for US$1bn solar investment
Israel and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have signed a memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will see Energiya Global, Israel’s leading solar developer, invest US$1bn for the next four years to enhance green energy power projects across 15 member states of ECOWAS