Nigeria has successfully completed 8 multi-million power plants under the Federal Government’s National Independent Power Project (NIPP) aimed at increasing electricity […]
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Tanzania will sign a deal this week for the construction of a $3-billion hydroelectric power plant, President John Magufuli said in remarks broadcast on state television […]
The construction of the 70MW geothermal power plant in the Olkaria, Kenya is set to start soon. This is after […]
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has signed a memorandum of understanding to help Uganda build and operate nuclear power plants, […]
Zimbabwe has signed a US $1bn deal with Sinosteel Corp in a development that will see the Chinese firm building a 400MW […]
Kenya hopes to construct its first nuclear power plant by 2027, Nuclear Energy Board Chief Executive Collins Juma has said. […]
Zambia plans to start building two power generation plants that will add 550 MW of electricity to its national grid once completed, Finance Minister Felix Mutati said on Friday. Mutati […]
The government of Nigeria has announced the award of a $5.8 billion contract to build the largest power plant in the country. […]
Kenya is set to start building a giant coal-fired power station at Manda Bay near the port city of Lamu […]
Rwandans are likely to begin benefiting from more powerfrom their national grid following the latest opening of a new peat-fired power plant […]
The Zimbabwean government has approved a US$1 billion loan facility from the Exim Bank of China, facilitating work to commence on […]
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South Africa says construction of coal-fired power plants to continue[/caption]South African Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has dismissed objections to the nation building two new coal-fired power stations.
RIOZIM chose a state-owned Chinese company to design a $2.1bn power plant it plans to build in Zimbabwe, which faces […]
According to Engineering News’, board is facing calls to appear before Parliament with documents relating to the Ingula pumped storage scheme, which […]
Avon Peaking Power has commissioned its gas turbine open cycle power plant near Durban in South Africa. The power plant operation project […]
Lafarge Africa Plc has signed an N11 billion contract with Chinese contractor, Rughn Power Corp, to build a captive power plant […]
Unit 4 – of the Ingula pumped-storage power station on the escarpment of the Little Drakensberg mountain range straddling the […]
Enel, through its subsidiary Enel Green Power RSA (“EGP RSA”) has completed and connected to the grid the Tom Burke photovoltaic […]
Italian construction firm, Salini Impregilo said it has signed an agreement to construct a new hydroelectric power plant in Ethiopia worth […]
The Menengai Geothermal Power plant in Kenya, a US$500m project currently under construction, is anticipated to be completed by July this year […]
The Volta River Authority in Ghana has proposed the construction of a 700MW coal power plant in Ghana. The project […]
The Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) in conjunction with a Chinese firm, TBEA Contractor Ltd signed a US$98m agreement that will […]
Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation has begun work on a $300m gas-fired power station in Tanzania that will increase the country’s generating […]
Kenya and Japan on Wednesday signed a 46-billion yen ($408-million) loan agreement to build a 140 MW geothermal power plant […]
Japanese’s Marubeni Corporation and South Korea’s Posco Energy have jointly won an $800 million tender to expand Morupile B power plant in Botswana to
Eskom will increase its capital expenditure by 44% to R324-billion ($21-billion) over the next five years to build new power […]
Namibia will construct its largest gas power plant since independence, Xaris Holdings, a company managing the project has announced. The […]
Twenty international banks and equity funders have committed $900m to the Azura-Edo Independent Power Project, a 450MW gas-fired open-cycle power […]
The newly constructed AMERI power plant in Ghana is expected to commence commercial operations by February 2016, Energy Commission Board […]
Following the successful completion of acceptance tests for its 120-MW gas-fired power plant on December 10, independent power producer Gigawatt Mozambique […]
Aveng Grinaker-LTA is making good progress on the construction of the Balance of Plant (BOP) mechanical works
The country has started working on the construction of a 935km power transmission line linking Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe […]
Commercial operation has begun at the independent gas-fired Dedisa Peaker Power Project in South Africa. The 335 MW gas-fired plant […]
The completion of Medupi is expected to grow South Africa’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by about 0.35% a year, says […]
The effort of constructing power plants in Kenya has started paying off following a drop in imported electricity from Uganda, […]
Mainstream Renewable Power, an Irish wind and solar company has been awarded a tender to install 250-MW-capacity wind farms by […]
SunPower has announced the start of construction of Prieska solar power plant in Northern Cape Province, South Africa. The new […]
Construction of a 100 MW natural gas-fired power station at Ressano Garcia is progressing well, with the first of 13 […]
Talks are ongoing between the government of Nigeria and Rasatom, a Russian company, to build nuclear power plants in Nigeria. […]
The current largest hydropower plant in Ethiopia, the Gibe III, is set to come online this year. During the rainy […]
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) said it would make a decision on Wednesday regarding possible strike […]
“Medupi Unit 6 was successfully synchronised to the national power grid on 2 March 2015 and is currently being progressively […]
According to Zambia’s Mines, Energy and Water Development Minister, Christopher Yaluma, Zambia is set to start construction of a 1600-MW […]
“Eskom is pleased to announce that first power was produced out of Medupi’s Unit 6 today at 11:03am, making it […]
Construction of a multimillion coal power plant in Lamu, Kenya will commence in October, Amu Power a consortium of Centum […]
Dutch company Gigawatt Global said it will spend $2-billion to generate 1 000 MW of solar power in Africa by […]
Trade union Solidarity on Thursday said there were indications that Eskom was on track for a mid-February synchronisation of Medupi […]
Gulf Energy Limited and Centum Investment have been given the go ahead to construct a US$ 2bn coal power plant […]
Kenya Electricity Generating (KenGen) is seeking bids for the design and construction of two geothermal power plants with capacity totalling […]
Ghana is planning to set up a new 360-megawatt combined-cycle thermal power plant at the Inchaban in the Shama District […]
This is the second order received by Thermax from the same African company. In October this year, Thermax was awarded […]
Nearly a month after the catastrophic failure of the 10 000 t central coal-storage silo at its Majuba power plant, […]
Senegal aims to increase its power generation capacity by over 70% in three years as it brings more sources of […]
A R39-billion power station to help ease South Africa’s energy demand is expected to be built in Limpopo near Musina […]
Accidents do happen, and Silo accidents can happen very suddenly – Concrete.TV interviewed Chemical Investigation Specialist, Simon Norton on his […]
Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) has announced that South Korea has signed an MOU with Arab Contractors, a leader in […]
Kenya’s National Cement is planning to construct a new coal-fired power plant in Kajiado in a bid to source power […]
Indian industrial engineering firm Jaguar Overseas Limited has been awarded a tender to rehabilitate Harare Thermal Power station. Rehabilitation will […]
Africa Biogas Partnership Programme will help 1 million people get sustainable cheap energy through biogas Five African countries will benefit […]
Tanzania will complete a $455-million power transmission line next year linking its power grid to Kenya and Zambia, part of […]
Angola’s liquefied natural gas plant faces a long closure for reconstruction to fix design flaws and corrosion in the new […]
The government of Rwanda is planning to construct a new US$ 260m peat-fueled power plant in Gisagara district, Rwanda to […]
Tanzania will start construction next year of a $3-billion coal and iron-ore mine and a 600-MW coal-fired power plant, a […]
Photo: Mariaan Webb Namibia has picked China’s Shanghai Electric as the preferred bidder to build a $1.2-billion gas-fired power plant, […]
Morocco‘s State power utility ONEE has obtained a $300-million loan from China Exim Bank to finance a 318 MW coal-fired […]
Papalanto Power Plant in Nigeria: Nigeria will construct a new 260MW power plant in a deal arranged by Lafarge Nigeria […]
All is set for construction of the largest-ever thermal power in Morocco, Safi thermal power plant, after the investment contract […]
All is set for construction of the largest-ever thermal power in Morocco, Safi thermal power plant, after the investment contract […]
The government of Zimbabwe has lined up various infrastructure rehabilitation programmes around the country for the next few years, including […]
According to reports, East Africa Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) is planning to set up a KES800 million power generation plant […]
