The government of Ethiopia has signed a US$4bn contract with Iceland’s Reykjavik Geothermal to develop a 1,000MW geothermal farm in the African nation
Renewables
Tanzania’s Singida wind power project to begin in 2014
China’s Dalian International Group has said it will start construction of the Singida wind power project in Tanzania in 2014
ZTE to provide Africa with renewable power solutions
Telecommunications equipment and network solutions provider ZTE Corporation is working with governments and enterprises across 15 African countries to deploy the use of renewable solar energy for powering homes and telecommunications systems
Making more of My Water - in Finland, in South Africa, and globally
At Hartbeespoort Dam in South Africa, journalists within a Finnish-African network were presented with the work of an integrated biological remediation programme, supported by Rand Water and South Africas Department of Water Affairs, and led by DWA programme leader Petrus Venter
Eskom gets funds from France to finance solar power projects
France will offer a sum of US$135mn to South African state power utility Eskom to help it finance solar power projects in the country