Nigeria is well endowed with streams and tributaries, which makes it easier to harness hydro power. (Image source:
London-based Genesis Energy Corporation and Norway’s SHP Malthe Winje have decided to fast-track the deployment of modular mini hydro power solutions for Nigeria and the entire African continent at large
Ansaldo Energia will supply two AE94.2 gas turbines rated at 170MW each for the open cycle power plant in Al Mahmoudia. (Image source: Ansaldo Energia)
Italian power engineering company Ansaldo Energia has been awarded three contracts worth US$266mn in Egypt
Building Energy plans to develop two 50MW plants in Benban, Upper Egypt. (Image source: Activsolar/Flickr)
Italian independent power producer (IPP) Building Energy has signed an MoU with the New & Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) for two 50MW PV plants in Benban, Upper Egypt, making it the company’s first project in the North African nation
Power from the project will meet a fifth of Addus electricity needs. (Image source: Shaifu Hussain/Flickr)
The government of Maldives has secured financing of a US$6mn from the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) for a project that will generate energy from waste
AfDB has provided the Kenyan government funding for a 500 kV transmission line in the country. (Image source: Atlantis Images)
The Ethiopia Electric Power has signed a US$120mn contract with China Electric Power & Equipment Technology Company (CET) for the construction of the Ethiopia-Kenya Transmission line