Cairo has got much of what it wanted from the COP27 climate-fest in Sharm El Sheikh, with $85bn of green hydrogen and renewable power mega-deals that have focused attention and foreign investment on a centrepiece of President Sisi’s economic strategy, Egypt’s energy hub concept.
African Energy has analysed proposals from nine investment partners to calculate how much wind and solar generation capacity will be needed to produce green ammonia equivalent to 10% of current global production, which Egypt says it is ‘harvesting’, writes John Hamilton.
Issue 473 - 27 November 2022
Commercial and industrial (C&I) power has experienced a tremendous boom in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), as companies look for alternatives to failing state utilities, not least in the continent’s largest economies South Africa and Nigeria.
Issue 473 - 28 November 2022
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| Operating | Construction | Planned | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| 245,773MW | 35,090MW | 554,250MW | 140,316MW |
| 3,486 projects | 223 projects | 2,461 projects | 1,018 projects |
| 6,433MW | 1,246MW | 61,204MW | 6,573MW |
| 269 projects | 22 projects | 198 projects | 1 projects |
| 18,761MW | 10,201MW | 40,155MW | 21,552MW |
| 867 projects | 58 projects | 523 projects | 25 projects |
| 117,133MW | 11,212MW | 232,967MW | 39,260MW |
| 452 projects | 22 projects | 214 projects | 1 projects |
| 72,387MW | 6,982MW | 105,766MW | 34,202MW |
| 805 projects | 44 projects | 911 projects | 47 projects |
| 31,060MW | 5,449MW | 114,158MW | 38,728MW |
| 1,093 projects | 77 projects | 615 projects | 3 projects |
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