The Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries (Norfund) along with CDC and UK’s finance institution DFI have entered a new partnership to add at least 5,000MW of power to Africa’s power grid in the next 10 years, and eventually acquire Globeleq Africa
Energy
Ghana's road to energy sufficiency
Ghana’s aspiration of becoming a middle income country in a not too distant future hinges strongly on the availability of reliable and affordable electricity supply, a development tool that propels economies of countries in the current competitive global world
Why Uganda must switch to geothermal energy
In its effort to address ongoing power shortages, Uganda is making geothermal technology a viable option to solve energy problems and has taken a strategic decision to develop available energy sources in the country
South Africa’s wind energy forecast for 2015 released
The official wind energy forecast for the South African market has been released, and it details the key trends in wind energy for the year 2015
Aggreko extends contract with Côte d’Ivoire for 200MW Vridi power project
Scottish power generation company Aggreko has announced a three-year contract extension with Côte d’Ivoire for the 200MW gas-fired power project in the Vridi area near Abidjan