As Kenya’s economy grows, the country has found itself looking to meet rising demand for power by developing geothermal power to cushion the fragile hydropower generation, which supplies more than 60 per cent of the national grid
Energy
SA coal-fired power station edges closer to completion
South African power utility Eskom has said that the first unit of its Medupi coal-fired power station will be installed by the end of the year
Alstom win Zambia hydropower bid
Alstom, the global transport infrastructure, power generation and transmission firm, has won a US$26.25 million contract to provide turbines and generators for the 120MW Itezhi-Tezhi hydroelectric project in Zambia
The bid for the power plant to be built on the Kafue River in central Zambia was awarded by Sinohydro Corporation Limited, the Chinese engineering company.
Work on the $250 million project was finally launched by former Zambian president Rupiah Banda in September 2011 after several years of delay, with construction expected to be completed by 2015.
Energy issues to be tackled at Harare conference
Chevron helps boost literacy in South Africa
Oil company, Chevron South Africa, has funded a new US$67,000 library at Du Noon Primary School in Cape Town, which opened recently