Diesel genset demand is holding firm as Africa looks to a dependable energy supply from a proven, traditional technology
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GFE Power Products extends generator offering with four new brands

The diesel generator is still the most dependable method of delivering power to remote or offshore areas with unstable grid supply. (Image source: GFE Power Products)
GFE Power Products, a leading OEM manufactured diesel generator supplier, has expanded its product offering beyond the current CAT, Perkins and KOHLER-SDMO ranges, to also include Volvo, Doosan, CPG Cummins and Baudouin powered gensets
Bboxx and Orange to connect 150,000 people to mini-grid model in DRC

Bboxx has created a joint venture company to build a hybrid mini-grid plant to supply energy to Orange’s telecoms infrastructure. (Image source: Bboxx)
Bboxx, a pan-African super platform providing access to essential products and services, and Orange, a major telecommunications operator, have partnered to launch a new connected community through an anchor business community (ABC) model across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
PowerPackPlus proving its point for genset OEMs
As part of its strategy to aid genset OEMs in the African region, Mitsubishi Turbocharger and Engine Europe B.V. (MTEE) teams up with Linz Electric to launch the PowerPackPlus product range
MAN PrimeServ continues to operate Kenyan power plant

MAN PrimeServ has been operating the plant since it won the international tender in 2016. (Image source: MAN PrimeServ)
Triumph Power Generating, an Independent Power Producer (IPP) located in Kenya, has signed a five-year-extension with a possibility of continuing further of its full operation and maintenance (O&M) contract with MAN PrimeServ, the after-sales brand of MAN Energy Solutions, for its 83 MW power plant in Kitengala, Kenya