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As they hurtle round the earth 16 times a day at a height of 220 miles, the astronauts of the International Space Station are, among other tasks, photographing vast, previously unknown, and very large scale geological formations capable of assisting oil geologists in their understanding of continental sedimentary basins.

Australia’s Woodside Energy has announced the completion of subsea installation work at its 563m bbl Sangomar oil field offshore Senegal. Woodside also confirmed progress with its 23 well development drilling programme and the date first oil is expected.

Construction will be complete at Winch Energy’s solar PV and battery storage mini-grid development on Bunjako Island by end-September, Winch Energy Uganda country manager Alex Wanume told African Energy. The mini-grids, with an aggregate capacity of 0.128MWp, will bring power to 500 homes and businesses. Development of the project was first announced in June 2018.

The West African Power Pool has invited expressions of interest from consultants to carry out studies for a 150MW regional solar farm in Gambia. The project is one of nine large solar farms planned for development as part of a regional power masterplan drawn up by the Economic Community of West African States.

State-owned Electricity Development Corporation chairman Mengot Arrey has said installation of the first turbine at the Lom Pangar hydroelectric power (HEP) plant is now underway.

Electricity to supply Syrah Resources’ Twigg/Balama graphite project in Mozambique has been provided by 15.4MW of diesel generation capacity, but in December 2020 the Australian company signed a memorandum of understanding with Solarcentury to develop an 11.25MWp solar PV and 8.5MW/MWh battery storage facility.

Graphite production has not yet started, but Tanzania could become one of Africa’s leading exporters of the mineral, given most of its reserves are situated near existing road, rail and port links and the government’s licensing regime has proven attractive to investors. African Energy takes a look at the firms that have graphite developments at advanced stages in the country.

Copper miners have called on the government to delay a planned reintroduction of import duties on fuel, saying it would increase costs at a time when the industry is already grappling with disruptions in the global supply chain caused by the Ukraine war and the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ossiomo Power has added 40MW to its 55MW Ossiomo power plant in Benin City, bringing the total capacity to 95MW at the unit, which provides electricity to the Benin Industrial and Enterprise Park, the local Ologbo and Obayantor communities, Edo State Secretariat Complex and the State High Court’s new wing

Revised in November 2022, this map provides a detailed view of the power sector in eSwatini. The locations of power generation facilities that are operating, under construction or planned are shown by type – including natural gas, coal, hydroelectricity, solar (PV), biomass/biogas and biomass & coal. 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. Cross-border interconnectors to South Africa and Mozambique are also shown. 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 is presented as a PDF file using eps graphics, meaning that there is no loss of resolution as the file is enlarged.  

This map use datasets from African Energy Live Data to illustrate Africa's solar power potential and principal projects. A main map is shaded according to specific photovoltaic power output, with the location of operating on-grid solar power projects (100MW+) marked. Charts below the map show installed and pipeline solar capacity by region (2010-25), a breakdown of operating solar capacity by country, net solar capacity additions by region (2010-25) and privately-owned solar capacity by region (2010-25).  

South Africa’s Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) has approved the development of 30MWac of solar PV capacity at two of its sites in Matabeleland. A 10MWac plant will be situated at Coleen Bawn near Gwanda and a 20MWac plant will be built near the Bulawayo quarry.