Image source: Janusz Dymidziuk.
The Lake Turkana wind project has signed a deal to sell power to Kenya Power over 20 years at US9.37 cents/kWh
Lake Turkana wind farm construction imminent
Energy
Zimbabwean cabinet approves Green Fuel takeover
The Green Fuel plant makes anhydrous ethanol from sugar cane. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons)
The Zimbabwean cabinet has approved a government takeover of Green Fuel, a large-scale ethanol factory in Chisumbanje that manufactures anhydrous ethanol from sugarcane
French loan to ease Kenya power crisis
France has sanctioned a loan of KES 8.3 billion (US$98.1 million) for Kenya to upgrade its power transmission lines and eliminate electricity crisis New power tax system launched in Nigeria
The new tariff system is expected to stabilise the power sector. (Image source: Rambla/Flickr)
Nigeria has launched a new power tariff system under which rich consumers will pay more while power costs will be sufficiently reduced for poorer users
Harmony Gold 'to build solar power plant in South Africa'
Harmony Gold Mining is planning to collaborate with various partners to build a solar power plant in the north of South Africa