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Privately-held Impact Oil & Gas has halved its interests in deep-water blocks 2912 and 2913B – the latter containing the giant Venus discovery made in February 2022.

The widespread perception that Donald Trump’s incoming United States administration will create new winners and losers does not exclude Africa’s energy industries and the wider continental economy and society. But true to the president-elect’s ‘transactional’ approach, US policy in the next four years will mainly be geared to creating winners at home – and those governments and corporates who plan with America First in mind could survive the expected Trump rollercoaster better than others.

Saudi giant Acwa Power has agreed to supply electricity to Gotion High Tech Group’s planned Kenitra gigafactory in what will be Morocco’s biggest ever merchant power deal. The agreement could open the door to bigger and even more transformative developments and will restore Acwa’s position in Morocco, which has been eroded in recent years, writes Our Casablanca Correspondent.

Revised in November 2024, this map provides a detailed view of the power sector in Tanzania. The locations of power generation facilities that are operating, under construction or planned are shown by type – including liquid fuels, gas and liquid fuels, natural gas, coal, geothermal, hydroelectricity, solar PV, wind and biomass/biogas. Generation sites are marked with different sized circles to show sites of 1-9MW, 10-99MW, 100-499MW and 500MW and above. Existing and future transmission and distribution lines are shown ranging from 33kV to 400kV. Actual and planned cross-border interconnectors are also shown including lines to Burundi, DR Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia. An inset shows the region around Dar es Salaam in greater detail, including the location of substations. Power generation data was drawn from our African Energy Live Data platform, which contains project level detail on power plants and projects across Africa. The map also shows the location of Tanzania's offshore gas fields and other hydrocarbons infrastructure including pipelines and proposed LNG facilities. The map is presented as a PDF file using eps graphics, meaning that there is no loss of resolution as the file is enlarged.

Ouagadougou has invited international bidders to submit prequalification documents for two greenfield, solar storage projects, backed by funding from the World Bank Group and the Clean Technology Fund. African Energy takes a closer look at the projects and the impact they could have on the Société Nationale d’Electricité du Burkina Faso (Sonabel) grid.

‘Accelerated commissioning’ has allowed Golar LNG to announce a definitive 2025 commissioning date at the BP/Kosmos’ Greater Tortue Ahmeyim gas project. But the floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) developer has cautioned that it expects more delays at its Nigeria project.

Commissioning of a fourth unit at the 2.1GW Julius Nyerere hydroelectric power plant has prompted the Tanzanian government to move away from gas-to-power capacity. The immediate consequence is that a power purchase agreement for Songas, the country’s first IPP, will not be renewed. Meanwhile, two foreign investors have launched arbitral claims of $500m and $1.2bn against the government, and progress remains static at the much-vaunted Tanzania LNG megaproject, writes Marc Howard.

Against the odds, the Tunisian government is trying to get its authorisation programme for procuring small, on-grid solar PV projects back on track. It has launched a fifth bidding round and set a new feed-in tariff structure applicable to both current and past projects. It needs to persuade investors that things will be different this time.

The installation of a solar plant at Fortress’ Evaton Mall is the latest stage in a major programme of on-site, renewable C&I investment by the Gauteng-headquartered real estate group. Fortress also recently signed a 10-year wheeling agreement to use the Discovery Green renewable energy platform to buy electricity from a mix of utility-scale wind and solar sources.

Mazarine Energy’s management has acquired a majority stake in the indie firm by buying out two private equity investors. It comes as it is expanding into renewable energy projects, with a first solar PV plant in Feriana, Kasserine Governorate.

South African state power utility Eskom is embarking on a solar power plant programme after obtaining licences to operate two solar PV plants, one in the Western Cape and one in Free State province.

A manufacturing plant that will produce crucial components for fuel cells and electrolysers is expected to kick-start South Africa’s budding green hydrogen industry. But while Isondo Precious Metals is confident of making progress, many more upcoming large-scale GH2 projects remain stuck at pre-feasibility stage, writes Tonderayi Mukeredzi.

The issue leads with Tanzania, where the commissioning of a fourth unit at the 2.1GW Julius Nyerere hydroelectric power plant has prompted the Tanzanian government to move away from gas-to-power capacity. The immediate consequence is that a power purchase agreement for Songas, the country’s first IPP, will not be renewed. Meanwhile, two foreign investors have launched arbitral claims of $500m and $1.2bn against the government, and progress remains static at the much-vaunted Tanzania LNG megaproject. The issue also focuses on Tunisia, where the government's programme for small, on-grid solar PV projects is being revived with the launch of a fifth bidding round. A new feed-in-tariff structure is also being devised, applicable to new and past projects. Although investors saw disappointing results from the first four rounds, the new policies indicate that political and official will is behind a drive to fix Tunisia’s renewable procurement process. Power sector coverage also includes a look at Kenya, where talks are underway to a renew a power purchase agreement for the 56MW Muhoroni thermal power plant, dormant since June 2023. Sources in the electricity supply industry say that a revival of one of Kenya’s most expensive plants could signal that the end is in sight for a long-running ban on new IPP developments. African Energy examines South Africa's progress with green hydrogen projects. A manufacturing plant that will produce crucial components for fuel cells and electrolysers is expected to kick-start the country’s budding green hydrogen industry. But while Isondo Precious Metals is confident of making progress, many more upcoming large-scale GH2 projects remain stuck at pre-feasibility stage. Meanwhile, Saudi giant Acwa Power has agreed to supply electricity to Gotion High Tech Group’s planned Kenitra gigafactory in what will be Morocco’s biggest ever merchant power deal. The agreement could open the door to bigger and even more transformative developments. Oil and gas coverage includes analysis of Impact Oil & Gas' farm-out of stakes in offshore Namibia blocks to TotalEnergies. African Energy also reports on progress with FLNG projects in Senegal/Mauritania and Nigeria. The African Energy View examines what the Trump US election win could mean for Africa.

A mooted new deal to purchase output from the Muhoroni thermal turbine plant could signal that cracks are appearing in the longstanding ban on new Kenyan IPP developments.

Saudi developer Acwa Power has confirmed that the Redstone CSP plant in South Africa should reach its full generating capacity within days. In the 27 october statement, it also said its Kom Ombo solar PV plant in Egypt had reached full production capacity.