The Ethiopian Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity has announced that 2,000 villages in the country will be electrified until the end of this fiscal year
Energy
New US$22mn fuel depot launched in Rwanda
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has inaugurated a US$22mn fuel depot in Gasabo District’s Rusororo sector on the outskirts of Kigali
ACWA Power eyes South Africa’s CSP project
Saudi Arabia-based ACWA Power aims to close financing for South Africa’s 100MW Redstone concentrated solar power (CSP) thermal plant in July 2016
Italy’s Salini Impregilo to build US$2.8bn dam in Ethiopia
Italian construction company Salini Impregilo has won a contract to build a hydroelectric plant for state-owned utility firm Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP)
South Africa to invest in nuclear power programme
South Africa is set to invest between US$60bn to US$70bn over the next 15 years on construction a fleet of new nuclear power stations