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State-owned Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has admitted that it does not have ownership documents for the land at its flagship Turkwel hydroelectric power plant, leaving the site vulnerable to encroachment by other users.

First Quantum Minerals is raising production at its Kansanshi copper mine in Zambia’s North Western Province, leading to higher electricity demand. With state utility Zesco unable to step in with additional power, the Canadian miner has turned to IPPs and power traders on the Southern African Power Pool.

QatarEnergy has added to its existing oil and gas holdings in two promising areas off the coast of Namibia, where the giant Venus oil discovery was made in February 2022.

President Ruto has announced the cancellation of a much-criticised independent transmission project with Indian conglomerate Adani, along with another deal for the company to manage Nairobi’s main airport. The decision followed serious allegations of misconduct made against the Indian conglomerate and its senior management by the US authorities.

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 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.

‘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.

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.

Tanzania’s most important gas project – and its largest-ever foreign investment – is the $42bn, 15m t/yr Lindi liquefied natural gas (LNG) development, also known as Tanzania LNG (TLNG).  A long-awaited deadline to conclude a host government agreement (HGA) was missed in February but in early November there were reports of progress.

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) awarded a $1.3m grant to Côte d’Ivoire (CdI)’s Ministry of Finance for a feasibility study to developed a power grid emergency control system for the state-owned utility Côte d’Ivoire Energies (CIE). USTDA said the system was “expected to be the first of its kind in Africa".

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.

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.

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.

QatarEnergy has bought a 23% interest in Egypt’s North El-Dabaa (H4) Block in the Mediterranean Sea for an undisclosed amount.