The South African parliament’s portfolio energy committee has requested the legislature to ratify a treaty it had signed with DR Congo in October 2014 on the Grand Inga project
Energy
SunPower to open solar panel manufacturing unit in South Africa
USA-based solar technology and energy services provider SunPower plans to start a solar panel manufacturing unit by 2015 in South Africa’s capital Cape Town
Ethiopia to host Powering Africa conference
Founder and CEO of Black Rhino Brian Herlihy will attend and speak at the 3rd annual investment meeting Powering Africa: Ethiopia, being held from 20-21 November in Addis Ababa
World’s largest geothermal plant commissioned in Kenya
The government of Kenya has commissioned the world’s largest geothermal plant, the Olkaria IV, which has a generating capacity of 140MW
NamPower signs new power purchase agreement with Zimbabwe Power Company
NamPower has signed a new 15-year 80MW power purchase agreement with the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC)