The US$100mn plant will harness power from the sun to produce 100MW of electricity. (Image source: h080/Flickr)
Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority unit responsible for power generation, has revealed plans to construct a solar-powered electricity generation plant in Zvishavane
The first batch of the 16,44-metre-long wind turbine blades for the Cookhouse project has reached South Africa. (Image source: nateOne/Flickr)
Wind turbines for the construction of Cookhouse wind farm in South Africas Eastern Cape province have reached the Port of Ngqura, outside Port Elizabeth in South Africa
Use of geothermal power is part of Kenya’s strategy of diversifying the power generation mix for security of supply and reducing cost of electricity. (Image source: sxc.hu)
The Kenya Power and Lighting Company (Kenya Power) has signed a power purchase agreement with Africa Geothermal International Kenya (AGIL) to establish a 140MW geothermal project in Longonot, Kenya
Africa’s Standard Bank and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) have signed a US$2bn agreement to fund renewable energy projects in South Africa
Rwanda has allocated US$27mn for drilling three geothermal wells on the southern slopes of the Karisimbi volcano
