The Milken Institute and the Motsepe Foundation have launched the Milken-Motsepe Prize in Green Energy, a US$2mn prize competition to reward entrepreneurs and innovators working to address the issue of access to green, renewable energy
Energy
Suez wind project receives funding boost
At COP27, The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (TSFE) and ACWA Power have signed a MoU to explore a joint investment in the 1.1 GW Suez Wind Energy project, located in the Gulf of Suez in Egypt
Zest WEG supplies mobile switching station in Mozambique
The 33 kV mobile switching station is suited for routine maintenance or switching network failures. (Image source: Zest WEG)
Zest WEG, a leading manufacturer of custom-engineered mobile power solutions, has supplied a mobile switching station to Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM), Mozambique’s national power utility, for rapid deployment wherever needed
Wärtsilä launches next-generation grid balancing engine solution
The Wärtsilä 31SG Balancer comes with a cost-efficient plant construction design. (Image source: Wärtsilä Corporation)
The technology group Wärtsilä has released its next-generation grid balancing technology, designed to provide flexible grid capacity and enable renewables to perform at lower costs
Africa’s first integrated hydrogen plant edges closer
The consortium is in the process of finalising engineering and technology choices for the plant. (Image source: Scatec)
Egypt Green, a green hydrogen plant located in Ain Sokhna, Egypt, which is owned, built, and operated by Fertiglobe, Scatec ASA, Orascom Construction and The Sovereign Fund of Egypt, has reached a significant milestone in its delivery with the commissioning of the first phase