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

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The Angolan government has announced plans to invest US$17.7mn (AKZ1.7bn) and quintuple the countrys power production capacity by 2017

LPC will soon start carrying out a feasibility study for a possible development of a hydropower scheme on the Lufubu River. (Image source: PSNH/Flickr)

Lufubu Power Company (LPC) in Zambia will establish a hydro power project in the countrys Northern Province, which will be expected to help mitigate the Zambias current power deficit

UCG is a coal-to-synthesis gas technology that uses air or oxygen to gasify coal in the coal deposit underground. (Image source: weak_hope/Flickr)

South African state company Eskom and petrochemicals firm Sasol have signed a research agreement to explore the potential of underground coal gasification (UCG) technology to boost South Africas energy reserves

The scope of delivery from Siemens will include a total of six gas turbines, six steam turbines and six generators. (Image source: Siemens PLM Software/Flickr)

Siemens has bagged a contract to supply power plant components for the Ras Djinet and Ain Arnat combined cycle power plants (CCPP) in Algeria