The World Bank has revealed plans to extend support to Djibouti for geothermal energy exploration
Renewables
Wind turbines for Cookhouse project arrive in South Africa
![The first batch of the 16,44-metre-long wind turbine blades for the Cookhouse project has reached South Africa. (Image source: nateOne/Flickr)](/images/suzlon__nateOne.jpg)
The first batch of the 16,44-metre-long wind turbine blades for the Cookhouse project has reached South Africa. (Image source: nateOne/Flickr)
Wind turbines for the construction of Cookhouse wind farm in South Africas Eastern Cape province have reached the Port of Ngqura, outside Port Elizabeth in South Africa
Kenya invests US$6.5 million in renewable power projects
Kenya has announced it is developing renewable power projects in the North Eastern and Rift Valley provinces at a total cost of Ksh 560mn (approximately US$6.5mn)
KenGen’s hydro power unit upgraded
KenGen’s Kindaruma Unit II has been handed over to the company after an upgrade by project contractors Andritz Hydro of Austria and Irans Farab Company
China to fund construction of Cote d'Ivoire dam
Daniel Kablan Duncan, the prime minister of Cote dIvoire, and Zhang Guoqing, Chinese ambassador to Cote dIvoire, have signed a loan agreement for the construction of a hydroelectric dam in the countrys Soubré region