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Sandfire starts up Botswana copper mine and gains Motheo licence extension

After commissioning the Motheo copper mine, ASX-listed Sandfire Resources is pushing ahead with plans to expand production, which will include adding solar power and battery energy storage capacity.

Issue 490 - 23 August 2023

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Issue 490 - 31 August 2023

Djibouti: Amea to develop solar PV plant with battery energy storage

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Power, Renewable energy

Issue 490 - 11 August 2023

Endeavour starts building PV plus storage plant at Sabodala-Massawa gold mine

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Issue 488 - 24 July 2023

Eritrea's electricity supply industry: So much potential, so little activity

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Issue 487 - 04 July 2023

DR Congo: Nuru raises funds for three solar hybrid metro-grids

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Power, Off-grid energy, Renewable energy, Transmission & distribution

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Issue 491 - 18 September 2023

Mozambique: Cuamba solar plant commissioned

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Issue 487 - 04 July 2023

Senegal: Africa REN raises $35m for Walo battery energy storage project

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Issue 487 - 27 June 2023

Africa Finance Corp backs minerals, renewables and gas in ambitious transition strategy

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Issue 487 - 20 June 2023

Cabo Verde: Tender issued for two battery energy storage systems

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Issue 486 - 13 June 2023

Hybrid projects with battery storage to add an additional 4.1GW of capacity by 2025

Power, Renewable energy, Thermal energy

Issue 486 - 07 June 2023

Somalia: Blue Sky Energy triples size of Mogadishu solar power plant

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Issue 486 - 29 May 2023

South Africa: Nersa approves Eskom plan for 345MW of renewable capacity

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Power, Renewable energy

Issue 485 - 24 May 2023

Zanzibar to gain first utility-scale solar plant

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Power, Renewable energy

Issue 485 - 21 May 2023

South African government to procure 17GW of new power

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Power, Renewable energy, Thermal energy, Transmission & distribution, Strategy & risk, Politics & security

New data illustrates the performance and prospects for renewable energy in Africa

The latest figures from African Energy's Live Data platform show the direction of the continent's on-grid power generation industry over the next five years

North Africa power trends: Renewable energy potential only partially met in gas-addicted region

African Energy has analysed the latest on-grid power generation data for North Africa.

New report suggests SDG7 could be achieved by 2034

African Energy staff led research for the Africa-EU Energy Partnership’s second annual European Financial Flows on SDG7 to Africa report.

Research underlines challenges faced by carbon and renewable credits markets

Almost 50% of respondents to an African Energy survey said the certification of carbon or renewable credits is too costly or time-intensive.

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