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Egypt giga projects map

Egypt pushes for faster giga-scale renewable developments

Two PPAs have been concluded, the first of an “accelerated renewable energy initiative”. Along with a series of other wind and solar agreements, they fit into Egypt’s programme of rapidly promoting giga-scale projects while keeping offtake arrangements wide open. Projects are being driven by a cadre of loyal investor-developers.

Issue 517 - 01 December 2024

Power, Energy storage

South Africa power map, Northern Cape

Issue 517 - 29 November 2024

South Africa: TotalEnergies consortium reaches financial close on Sasol wind and solar plants

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Zambia power map, cropped

Issue 517 - 28 November 2024

Zambia looks to cost-reflective tariffs, solar and trading to help end power woes

Power, Commercial & industrial, Transmission & distribution, Strategy & risk, Finance & investment

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World Bank funds set to reboot much-delayed Zambian ZTK power interconnector work

Zesco head Mapani's contract not renewed

FQM increases Zambian copper mine baseload demand by 85MW

Zimbabwe power map west-cropped

Issue 517 - 26 November 2024

Power Ventures pushes back launch of Chidome solar plant to early 2025

Power, Strategy & risk, Finance & investment

Great Zimbabwe hydro

Issue 517 - 26 November 2024

Mutirikwi hydroelectric power plant starts feeding power to Zimbabwe’s starved grid

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Issue 517 - 26 November 2024

KenGen lacks title deeds for Turkwel hydro plant site

Power, Strategy & risk

Issue 517 - 26 November 2024

Côte d’Ivoire stakes its claim for renewables investment

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Power, Resources, Transition minerals

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Issue 516 - 19 November 2024

South Africa’s first green hydrogen project nears production but other projects lag

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Power, Resources, Future fuels, Strategy & risk, Finance & investment

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Issue 516 - 19 November 2024

Africa readies itself to transact with Trump

Power, Resources, Gas, Strategy & risk, Finance & investment, Politics & security

Issue 516 - 18 November 2024

Acwa and Gotion’s gigafactory deal could transform Morocco

Power, Energy storage, Resources, Future fuels, Transition minerals

In depth

Issue 516 - 14 November 2024

Tanzania spurns gas-to-power, as fourth Nyerere hydro unit commissioned

Power, Thermal energy, Resources, Gas, Mid & downstream oil & gas, Upstream oil & gas

Tender

Issue 516 - 14 November 2024

Burkina Faso seeks developers for two large solar storage projects

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Power, Energy storage

Issue 516 - 13 November 2024

Risks for developers in Tunisia’s subsidy-heavy budget

Power, Strategy & risk, ESG, Politics & security

Issue 516 - 13 November 2024

Tunisia announces feed-in tariff and more renewables tenders

Power, Strategy & risk, Finance & investment

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24 grid-connected projects commissioned by end Q3 2024

African Energy Live Data’s latest analysis shows that almost 2.4GW of on-grid generation capacity was commissioned in the first three quarters of 2024.

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.

New data: African power generation additions lowest in five years

African Energy has assessed the state of the African power industry at the end of 2023 and re-examined the project pipeline for the 2024-2029 period.

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.

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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Green hydrogen (GH2) prospects in Africa

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Green hydrogen (GH2) prospects in Africa are developing at breakneck speed. But...

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The role of gas in Africa's energy future report

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A sustainable future for the continent is necessarily based on renewable energy...

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Tunisia's renewable energy opportunity report

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Tunisia has some of the best prospects for renewable energy in Africa. ...

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The Libya energy dossier

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