At Hartbeespoort Dam in South Africa, journalists within a Finnish-African network were presented with the work of an integrated biological remediation programme, supported by Rand Water and South Africas Department of Water Affairs, and led by DWA programme leader Petrus Venter
Energy
Eskom gets funds from France to finance solar power projects
France will offer a sum of US$135mn to South African state power utility Eskom to help it finance solar power projects in the country
Raubex Infra wins service contracts for two solar power plants in South Africa
Scatec Solar has awarded South Africa’s Raubex Infra two service contracts for its new solar power plants in the country
Solar-geothermal hybrid power system takes shape in Tanzania
Rural Tanzania will soon be able to use a new solar energy system with a World Bank and African Development Bank (AfDB)-funded renewable energy project taking shape in the country currently
Standard Bank ties up with AKL for Kenya wind power project
Standard Bank Group has signed a deal with independent power producer Aeolus Kenya to build a US$150mn wind power plant in Kenya