GE will provide operation and maintenance services for the turbines for 10 years. (Image source: David Laporte/Flickr)
General Electric (GE) has been awarded a contract to supply 38 wind turbines of 1.6 MW each, for the upcoming Kinangop wind farm in Kenya
The EERPIEF programme aims to help establish uninterrupted power supply in the region by 2015. (Image source: Constance/Flickr)
The governments of Gambia, Sierra Leone and Mali have each received a share of US$108mn in grants from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to aid the development of their energy sectors
The consortium comprising Yingli Green, Sinohydro and Hydrochina, will develop 233 MW of PV solar projects for SKTM. (Image source: Yingli Green)
A consortium comprising China’s Yingli Green Energy, Sinohydro Corporation and Hydrochina has been awarded a contract to design and construct some of Shariket el Kahraba wa el Taket el Moutadiadida (SKTM)’s photovoltaic (PV) solar projects in Algeria
The US$50mn power plant will supply electricity to Dagotes 3,000-tonne cement factory in Ndola city. (Image source: bestrans/Flickr)
Nigeria’s Dangote Group has planned to commission a US$50mn 30 MW power plant in Zambia during Q1 2014, which will supply electricity to its upcoming cement factory in Ndola city
Namibia plans to import additional power from Mozambique and Zimbabwe as well, in the coming days. (Image source: brewbrooks/Flickr)
State-owned utility company NamPower has announced that Namibia plans to import an additional 100MW of power from Zambia, to boost the country’s energy supply system