Nigeria completes construction of 8 multi-million dollar power plants
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 to sign deal this week for $3bn power plant – President
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 […]
Kenya to start construction of 70MW geothermal power plant in the Olkaria
The construction of the 70MW geothermal power plant in the Olkaria, Kenya is set to start soon. This is after […]
China to help Uganda build nuclear power plants
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has signed a memorandum of understanding to help Uganda build and operate nuclear power plants, […]
Zimbabwe, China seal US $1bn power deal
Zimbabwe has signed a US $1bn deal with Sinosteel Corp in a development that will see the Chinese firm building a 400MW […]
Kenya aims to construct first nuclear power plant by 2027
Kenya hopes to construct its first nuclear power plant by 2027, Nuclear Energy Board Chief Executive Collins Juma has said. […]
Zambia to start building two new power plants in 2018
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 […]
China to build US$5.8 Billion Hydropower plant in Nigeria
The government of Nigeria has announced the award of a $5.8 billion contract to build the largest power plant in the country. […]
Kenya set to break ground on colossal coal-fired power plant
Kenya is set to start building a giant coal-fired power station at Manda Bay near the port city of Lamu […]
Rwanda launches Africa’s first peat-fired power plant
Rwandans are likely to begin benefiting from more powerfrom their national grid following the latest opening of a new peat-fired power plant […]
China’s Exim Bank boosts Zimbabwe’s Hwange power project
The Zimbabwean government has approved a US$1 billion loan facility from the Exim Bank of China, facilitating work to commence on […]
South Africa says construction of coal-fired power plants to continue
South African Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has dismissed objections to the nation building two new coal-fired power stations.
Chinese group to design $2.1bn power plant in Zimbabwe
RIOZIM chose a state-owned Chinese company to design a $2.1bn power plant it plans to build in Zimbabwe, which faces […]
Eskom under fire as Ingula costs said to balloon to R36bn
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 goes online
Avon Peaking Power has commissioned its gas turbine open cycle power plant near Durban in South Africa. The power plant operation project […]
Lafarge Africa signs major power plant project in Ashaka
Lafarge Africa Plc has signed an N11 billion contract with Chinese contractor, Rughn Power Corp, to build a captive power plant […]
Unit 4 of Ingula power station has begun operation
Unit 4 – of the Ingula pumped-storage power station on the escarpment of the Little Drakensberg mountain range straddling the […]
Enel starts production at new solar plant in South Africa
Enel, through its subsidiary Enel Green Power RSA (“EGP RSA”) has completed and connected to the grid the Tom Burke photovoltaic […]
Italian construction firm to build major hydroelectric power plant in Ethiopia
Italian construction firm, Salini Impregilo said it has signed an agreement to construct a new hydroelectric power plant in Ethiopia worth […]
Kenyan Geothermal power plant project reaches completion
The Menengai Geothermal Power plant in Kenya, a US$500m project currently under construction, is anticipated to be completed by July this year […]
Chinese firm to construct 700MW coal power plant in Ghana
The Volta River Authority in Ghana has proposed the construction of a 700MW coal power plant in Ghana. The project […]
Ethiopian Electric Power and China sign US$98m power transmission deal
The Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) in conjunction with a Chinese firm, TBEA Contractor Ltd signed a US$98m agreement that will […]
Japan begins work on Tanzania’s biggest power plant
Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation has begun work on a $300m gas-fired power station in Tanzania that will increase the country’s generating […]
Kenya signs $408m loan with Japan for 140 MW geothermal plant
Kenya and Japan on Wednesday signed a 46-billion yen ($408-million) loan agreement to build a 140 MW geothermal power plant […]
Major Power Plant in Botswana to be constructed in expansion plan
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 to spend $21bn on new power plants in next five years
Eskom will increase its capital expenditure by 44% to R324-billion ($21-billion) over the next five years to build new power […]
Namibia to construct largest gas power plant since independence
Namibia will construct its largest gas power plant since independence, Xaris Holdings, a company managing the project has announced. The […]
All systems go for Nigeria’s path-finding gas power plant, Azura
Twenty international banks and equity funders have committed $900m to the Azura-Edo Independent Power Project, a 450MW gas-fired open-cycle power […]
Ghana: AMERI power plant to start operations in February
The newly constructed AMERI power plant in Ghana is expected to commence commercial operations by February 2016, Energy Commission Board […]
R3bn Mozambique power station commissioned
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 makes progress on the Kusile Power Station Project
Aveng Grinaker-LTA is making good progress on the construction of the Balance of Plant (BOP) mechanical works
Zimbabwe begins construction of a mammoth 935km power line
The country has started working on the construction of a 935km power transmission line linking Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe […]
South Africa: Dedisa Peaker Power Project begins operation
Commercial operation has begun at the independent gas-fired Dedisa Peaker Power Project in South Africa. The 335 MW gas-fired plant […]
Medupi power plant to grow SA’s economy
The completion of Medupi is expected to grow South Africa’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by about 0.35% a year, says […]
Construction of power plants in Kenya sees drop in imported electricity
The effort of constructing power plants in Kenya has started paying off following a drop in imported electricity from Uganda, […]
Mainstream Renewable Power to install 250MW of wind power
Mainstream Renewable Power, an Irish wind and solar company has been awarded a tender to install 250-MW-capacity wind farms by […]
Construction of Prieska solar power plant starts
SunPower has announced the start of construction of Prieska solar power plant in Northern Cape Province, South Africa. The new […]
Construction on 100 MW power station reaching completion
Construction of a 100 MW natural gas-fired power station at Ressano Garcia is progressing well, with the first of 13 […]
Nigeria, Russian company in power plant talks
Talks are ongoing between the government of Nigeria and Rasatom, a Russian company, to build nuclear power plants in Nigeria. […]
Ethiopia: Gibe III hydropower plant set to come online this year
The current largest hydropower plant in Ethiopia, the Gibe III, is set to come online this year. During the rainy […]
Medupi lock-out a declaration of war – Numsa
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) said it would make a decision on Wednesday regarding possible strike […]
Progress being made at Medupi
“Medupi Unit 6 was successfully synchronised to the national power grid on 2 March 2015 and is currently being progressively […]
Zambia, Zimbabwe to construct power station
According to Zambia’s Mines, Energy and Water Development Minister, Christopher Yaluma, Zambia is set to start construction of a 1600-MW […]
Medupi produces first power
“Eskom is pleased to announce that first power was produced out of Medupi’s Unit 6 today at 11:03am, making it […]
Kenya’s US$2bn coal power plant to commence construction in October
Construction of a multimillion coal power plant in Lamu, Kenya will commence in October, Amu Power a consortium of Centum […]
Dutch firm to spend $2 billion on solar power in Africa by 2020
Dutch company Gigawatt Global said it will spend $2-billion to generate 1 000 MW of solar power in Africa by […]
Medupi synchronisation ‘on track’
Trade union Solidarity on Thursday said there were indications that Eskom was on track for a mid-February synchronisation of Medupi […]
Gulf Energy and Centum to construct the US$ 2bn coal power plant in Lamu
Gulf Energy Limited and Centum Investment have been given the go ahead to construct a US$ 2bn coal power plant […]
KenGen seeks design, construction bids for power projects
Kenya Electricity Generating (KenGen) is seeking bids for the design and construction of two geothermal power plants with capacity totalling […]
New power plant on the cards for Ghana
Ghana is planning to set up a new 360-megawatt combined-cycle thermal power plant at the Inchaban in the Shama District […]
Thermax wins contract for captive power plant in Africa
This is the second order received by Thermax from the same African company. In October this year, Thermax was awarded […]
Another Majuba coal silo collapse on the cards?
Nearly a month after the catastrophic failure of the 10 000 t central coal-storage silo at its Majuba power plant, […]
Senegal targets 70% power capacity increase in 3 years
Senegal aims to increase its power generation capacity by over 70% in three years as it brings more sources of […]
Limpopo to get new R39bn power plant
A R39-billion power station to help ease South Africa’s energy demand is expected to be built in Limpopo near Musina […]
What could have happened at Majuba?
Accidents do happen, and Silo accidents can happen very suddenly – Concrete.TV interviewed Chemical Investigation Specialist, Simon Norton on his […]
KEPCO to build a nuclear power plant in Egypt
Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) has announced that South Korea has signed an MOU with Arab Contractors, a leader in […]
Kenya’s National Cement to construct a US$19.0m coal-fired power plant
Kenya’s National Cement is planning to construct a new coal-fired power plant in Kajiado in a bid to source power […]
Jaguar Overseas limited to rehabilitate Harare thermal power station
Indian industrial engineering firm Jaguar Overseas Limited has been awarded a tender to rehabilitate Harare Thermal Power station. Rehabilitation will […]
Five African countries to benefit from biogas plants
Africa Biogas Partnership Programme will help 1 million people get sustainable cheap energy through biogas Five African countries will benefit […]
Tanzania’s power link to Kenya, Zambia complete in 2015
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 to be reconstructed
Angola’s liquefied natural gas plant faces a long closure for reconstruction to fix design flaws and corrosion in the new […]
US$260m peat power plant for Rwanda
The government of Rwanda is planning to construct a new US$ 260m peat-fueled power plant in Gisagara district, Rwanda to […]
Tanzania to start $3-bn mining, power projects
Tanzania will start construction next year of a $3-billion coal and iron-ore mine and a 600-MW coal-fired power plant, a […]
Chinese firm chosen for Namibia’s Kudu power plant
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 ONEE gets $300m loan from China’s Exim Bank
Morocco‘s State power utility ONEE has obtained a $300-million loan from China Exim Bank to finance a 318 MW coal-fired […]
Nigeria to construct new power plant
Papalanto Power Plant in Nigeria: Nigeria will construct a new 260MW power plant in a deal arranged by Lafarge Nigeria […]
US$ 2.6bn thermal power plant to be built in Morocco
All is set for construction of the largest-ever thermal power in Morocco, Safi thermal power plant, after the investment contract […]
US$ 2.6bn thermal power plant to be built in Morocco
All is set for construction of the largest-ever thermal power in Morocco, Safi thermal power plant, after the investment contract […]
Zimbabwe: Govt lines up $14bn infrastructure facelift plans
The government of Zimbabwe has lined up various infrastructure rehabilitation programmes around the country for the next few years, including […]
EAPCC to construct a power generation plant in Kenya
According to reports, East Africa Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) is planning to set up a KES800 million power generation plant […]
