Global electricity industry attracts more investment than oil and gas. (Image source: Ian Britton/Flickr)
The electricity sector has attracted the largest share of energy investments in 2017, exceeding the oil and gas industry for the second year in row, according to the latest review of global energy spending by International Energy Agency (IEA)
Smart grids will play a major role in the region’s transition to a sustainable energy system. (Image source: Chris Hunkeler/Flickr)
As Africa faces emerging opportunities to help deliver efficient, affordable and reliable electricity to consumers, GE Power’s Grid Solutions business has unveiled a whitepaper on the “Digitisation of Energy Transmission and Distribution in Africa”
ACWA Power signs agreement with Central Energy Fund SA. (Image source: ACWA Power)
The Central Energy Fund of South Africa and Saudi-based ACWA Power have signed a cooperation agreement to develop a 100MW Redstone concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) plant in South Africa’s Northern Cape Province
GE Power’s digital energy software will provide a single platform for grid control centres in Gaborone and Francistown. (Image source: Jacob Ian Wall/Flickr)
GE Power has signed its first contract with Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) to develop a SCADA/energy management system at the principal grid control centres in BPC headquarters in Gaborone and the backup control centre in Francistown
Sub-Saharan African countries are taking initiatives to meettheir growing electricity demands. (Image source: arbyreed/Flickr)
GE Power has reached its 100th power plant installation in Sub-Saharan Africa, after completing its mobile TM2500 gas power installations in Angola