West and southern Africa Ministers responsible for climate change have visited the German Bundestag in Berlin as part of a inter-ministerial meeting to round-off a decade of climate partnership between Africa and Germany through the West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) and the Southern Africa Science Service Centre on Climate Change and adapted land management (SASSCAL)
Energy
East African Crude Oil Pipeline moves closer to realisation
The Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA) has granted the Construction Approval to the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Ltd to construct the East African Crude Oil Pipeline which will run from Tanga, Tanzania, to Hoima, Uganda
BB Energy invests in Gasmeth Energy to support natural gas development in Rwanda
BB Energy Group, a leading independent energy trading company, has invested in Gasmeth Energy Global, a company focused on the responsible extraction, processing, and distribution of methane gas from Rwanda’s Lake Kivu
Volvo Penta introduces powerful genset engine
Volvo Penta has launched the D17, its most powerful engine to date
Sasol secures 260MW for Secunda site
Sasol and Air Liquide have signed two power purchase agreements (PPA) with TotalEnergies and its partner Mulilo for the long-term supply of a total capacity of 260MW of renewable power to Sasol’s Secunda site, in South Africa