Solar power project developer SolarReserve has completed two 75MW photovoltaic projects, which will power the Eskom South African electric grid with renewable energy
Energy
Tea company opens East Africa's largest solar plant
![The 1MW solar plant is expected to cut energy costs on the tea farm by 30 per cent. (Image source: Williamson Tea)](/images/solar_williamson.jpg)
The 1MW solar plant is expected to cut energy costs on the tea farm by 30 per cent. (Image source: Williamson Tea)
Williamson Tea has inaugurated East Africas largest solar plant at the Changoi Tea Farm in western Kenya
Work begins on 61MW Kenyan wind farm
![The Kinangop Wind Farm is projected to be one of East Africas largest wind farms. (Image souce: CGP Grey/Flickr)](/images/wind__CGP_Grey_flickr.jpg)
The Kinangop Wind Farm is projected to be one of East Africas largest wind farms. (Image souce: CGP Grey/Flickr)
Work on the 61MW Kinangop Wind Farm in Kenya has commenced with Aurecon appointed as the main project engineer by Kinangop Wind Park Ltd
Drake & Scull International to help develop Egypt's Tahrir Petrochemicals Project
![The TPC project is expected to comprise a four million tonnes-a-year naphtha cracker and downstream facilities at Ain Sokhna. (Image source: jgmorard/Flickr)](/images/suezcanal_jgmorard_flickr.jpg)
The TPC project is expected to comprise a four million tonnes-a-year naphtha cracker and downstream facilities at Ain Sokhna. (Image source: jgmorard/Flickr)
Construction company Drake & Scull International (DSI) has signed an agreement with Egypt-based company Carbon Holdings for the development of its Tahrir Petrochemicals Project (TPC), at the entrance of the Suez Canal in Ain Sokhna, Egypt
AfDB grants loan of US$1 billion for Angola’s energy sector
![The ADB is supporting the Angolan government in reforming the electricity sector. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons)](/images/Angolapower.jpg)
The ADB is supporting the Angolan government in reforming the electricity sector. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons)
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has granted a US$1bn loan to Angola for the West African country’s Angola Power Sector Reform Support Programme