Lake Turkana Wind Power to build 310 MW farm in Kenya
The Lake Turkana Wind Power will build a 310 Megawatt (MW) wind farm in north-eastern Kenya with the help of…
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Gulf Co-operation Council states targets markets in southern Africa
Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) countries are placing more attention on new markets in east, west and southern Africa as their…
African Utility Week & Clean Power Africa conference returns to Cape Town
Regional collaboration in the power and water sectors, the untapped potential of renewable energy and investment challenges will be top…
Eskom declares emergency with large industrial customers
Eskom, the South Africa’s state power utility said it has declared a power emergency with large industrial customers, requiring them to urgently reduce…
Botswana govt seeks Owners’ Engineers for Morupule B expansion
Botswana government is looking to commence the second phase of power generation expansion project at the Morupule energy complex with…
Moody’s downgrades Eskom to Ba1 following sovereign action
Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded its senior unsecured rating on Eskom following its revision of the South African Sovereign debt…
Global energy industry undergoing seismic shift – DHL
The global energy industry is undergoing a seismic shift, in part driven by development of new, unconventional sources of energy,…
China’s wind energy presents opportunities- Bloomberg New Energy Finance
China is the world’s largest wind market with more than 100GW of wind capacity, equivalent to about 65,000 turbines, and…
World Bank says commodity prices will remain weak into 2015
Prices of most commodities, particularly oil, are expected to remain weak for the remainder of this year and through much…
Eskom on verge of final turbine commissioning at Sere wind farm
Eskom said the construction of the Sere wind farm reached new heights this week with the energising of the transformers…