The government has identified three potential sites for the project on the slopes of the Karisimbi volcano. (Image source: Bill Wards Brickpile/Flickr)
Drilling work for geothermal power in the northwestern part of Rwanda will begin in December 2012
The South African government has planned to generate 3,725MW of power from “green” renewable energy sources. (Image source: Accretion Disc/Flickr)
South Africa will receive loans worth US$2bn from the US Export-Import Bank to fund renewable energy projects in the country involving US firms
South Sudan and Sudan have reached an agreement regarding the exportation and payment of oil between the recently-separated states
The price of electricity was hiked by more than 150 per cent in Sudan in the last week of July. (Image source: Ricardo Diaz/Flickr)
The Sudanese government has decided to suspend increases in power price following public discontent after a sudden hike in the last week of July
The transmission interconnector will have the capacity to increase power trading among participating countries. (Image source: sxc.hu)
Five investors have expressed interest in the ZiZaBoNa project, which will consist of an electricity transmission interconnector that links Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia