Chad’s power sector currently fulfils 15 per cent of the capital’s consumption needs. (Image source: Gavin Fordham/sxc.hu)

Energy provider Aggreko has signed a contract with Chad to deliver a 20MW temporary power package in a bid to overcome power shortages in the country

Clarke Energy has also been awarded Jenbacher gas engines distributor and service provider rights in Mozambique and Botswana. (Image source: GE)

UK-based engineering firm Clark Energy has acquired the service business and trading arm of General Electric’s (GE) Jenbacher gas engines in South Africa

Westinghouse Electric Company aims to develop engineering and manufacturing capabilities, and safety and health measures in South Africas nuclear power sector. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons)

South Africa’s Sebata Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with US–based Westinghouse Electric Company to help develop the nuclear power sector in the country

Wolfram Hatz (left) and Christian Hatz (right) at the recent launch of the 4H50TIC at a Hatz facility in Ruhstorf, Germany.

The 4H50TIC is the latest diesel engine from Hatz, and is easily the most sophisticated unit the company has produced

The plant, scheduled for completion by 2018, will help add 700MW electricity to Nigeria’s current 4,600MW capacity. (Image source: OranViriyincy/Flickr)

Nigeria has signed a US$1.3bn deal with China National Electrical Equipment Corporation (CNEEC) and Sinohydro Consortium to build the Zungeru power plant in Nigeria