The construction of a power line to the copper mine is subject to an environmental impact assessment. (Image source: Kenmainr/Flickr)
Namibia’s Craton Mining & Exploration is negotiating with national power utility NamPower to set up a power line to the Omitiomore copper oxide mine project
According to experts, CSP technology has the potential to revolutionise the energy mix in South Africa. (Image source: Tom Raftery/Flickr)
One of the key features of concentrated solar power (CSP) technology is the potential to operate with storage and provide dispatchable renewable energy supply
Tropical Power Kenya Ltd’s Gorge Farm Energy Park is Africa’s first grid-connected biogas plant. (RollsRoycePowerSystemsAG/Flickr)
Africa’s first grid-connected 2.8MW biogas plant will be launched in Kenya on 1 March 2015, which will add 2.2MW of electricity generated from corn
The 72MW plant is a step towards stabilising and increasing Cameroon’s power generation capacity. (Image source: USACEHQ/Flickr)
AfDB’s Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has approved a grant worth US$777,000 for Canada’s JCM Greenquest Solar Corporation to develop a 72MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Cameroon
Norfund and CDC aim to bring to production phase several power projects and expand access to reliable power across the continent. (Image source: RudolfVleck/Flickr)
The Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries (Norfund) along with CDC and UK’s finance institution DFI have entered a new partnership to add at least 5,000MW of power to Africa’s power grid in the next 10 years, and eventually acquire Globeleq Africa