Image source: Akbar Nemati.
Zambia cannot keep up with fuel and electricity demand and its economic activities are under threat as a result, experts have warned
Energy crisis 'threatens Zambian economy’
Energy
Lake Turkana wind farm construction imminent
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
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