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Kenya’s first green ammonia (GNH3) project is set to enter the prefeasibility stage soon, African Energy's 17-18 April AIX: Energy in Transition 2023 event was told.

Zambia is to send a team of technocrats to Mozambique in May to discuss imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and power, according to energy minister Peter Kapala. The potential development of a cross-border rail line is also likely to be on the agenda.

Xlinks First has announced details of £30m ($37.4m) funding for its project to lay the world’s longest high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cable, from Morocco to the United Kingdom.

Zambia’s Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has consented to state utility Zesco’s request to raise electricity tariffs for domestic consumers but rejected its application to cut a ‘lifeline’ tariff band for vulnerable residential customers from 100kWh to 75kWh per month.

Justice minister Abubakar Malami has reportedly recommended that the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) halt its legal action in the long-running saga over alleged fraud related to the sale of oil production licence (OPL) 245, saying the episode had negatively affected the economy.

The Greater Pecan offshore oil project seems revived after Africa Finance Corporation took a 50% stake in the field with its acquisition of Aker Energy, in a move that underlined AFC’s policy of supporting hydrocarbons projects with positive economic impacts even while many others have stepped back from backing oil and gas, especially upstream deals, write James Gavin and Jon Marks.

State utility Zesco has signed a $3.4bn power purchase agreement (PPA) with China’s Integrated Clean Energy Power Company (CiEG) covering up to 2.4GW of solar capacity, which will be developed over several phases. The agreement was signed at Zesco’s headquarters in early April.

An anticipated surge in demand for electricity in the coming years – from a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) project as well as the mining sector, a new electric railway and other sources – is prompting the government to look at adding more gas-fired capacity to the grid and to push ahead with renewable energy projects, writes Marc Howard.

State-owned utility Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau Potable (Onee) has issued a tender for the construction of a 900MW open cycle gas turbine (OCGT) power plant adjacent to Al-Wahda dam and the Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline (GME). The project’s estimated cost is MD6bn ($592m).

Tanzanian Electrical Supply Company (Tanesco) has still not signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for a renewable energy (RE) independent power project (IPP) of more than 10MW capacity. This is a glaring omission according to one participant at the Africa Investment Exchange: Energy in Transition meeting in London in mid-April, given Tanzania is endowed with excellent wind and solar resources.  

State utility Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower) has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Chinese/local Cerim Lüderitz Energy for the Karas wind power project, close to the southern coastal town of Lüderitz, which is being developed on a build-own-operate model.

Savannah Energy’s dispute with Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno’s government in Ndjamena has gone cross-border, with diplomatic ties between Chad and Cameroon under stress after the London AIM-listed oil company’s new deal to sell part of its interest in the export pipeline, writes James Gavin.

The easing of licensing restrictions on private power generation over recent years has prompted a rapid rise in projects, according to figures from the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa), as more companies respond to the load-shedding crisis by developing their own electricity supplies.

A recent flurry of activity by outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari will help his successor Bola Tinubu to tackle key macroeconomic problems, including cutting subsidies and overhauling the exchange rate. It could pave the way for a more proactive government at a time of extreme economic and other stresses, writes Jon Marks.

Nigeria-focused, London-listed Seplat Energy said it was waiting for chief executive Roger Brown’s visa status to be resolved before he retakes the reins at the company, after the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) withdrew a case it had brought at the Federal High Court in Abuja.