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Industry optimists may argue that investment commitments are rising, along with the number of opportunities to buy into long-term generation, transmission and distribution schemes. But much of the running in supplying power to fast-growing sub-Saharan economies – and their electricity-poor populations – is still being made by providers of temporary solutions. Below, African Energy provides an indicative listing of recent emergency, standby and distributed projects in a variety of sub-Saharan economies

Failure to address local environmental concerns and RWE’s divestment programme are hampering the development of gas in the West Nile Delta concessions, writes Nadine Marroushi in Cairo. The deal signed by BP and Germany’s RWE Dea in July 2010 to bring gas reserves in the North Alexandrian and West Mediterranean concessions on stream by 2014 is one year behind schedule due to pressure from environmentalists.

A consortium of France’s Vinci and the local Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) and Arab Contractors has been awarded a civil works contract

Royal Dutch Shell, Total and Eni’s local subsidiaries have completed the sale of their interests in two oil mining leases in the Niger Delta, raising $488m.

Vanco Energy Company has announced a light oil discovery with its second well on Block CI-401, adjacent to the maritime border with Ghana. Vanco said the Independance-1X exploration well penetrated eight metres of

The new government of President Alpha Condé has received a good report from an International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission that visited on 10-22 November. Mission head Harry Snoek said Guinea had made good progress under its 2011 staff-monitored programme, which involves close supervision but no funding,

Post-Qadhafi Libya’s oil sector will focus on enhanced oil recovery, environmental protection and community support, National Oil Corporation (NOC) chairman Nuri Berouin has told recent visitors.

The cabinet has appointed Manuel Vicente to a new three-year term as head of Sonangol, apparently putting an end to speculation that he could be about to succeed President José Eduardo dos Santos.

President Goodluck Jonathan’s 13 December budget speech included incentives for developers, with the federal government proposing that power equipment and machinery should attract zero duty

Victoria Oil and Gas (VOG) has said it is on schedule to start gas sales from its Logbaba field to industrial customers in Douala by year-end. Pipeline installation to the first customer hub on the Magzi Industrial Estate is now complete,

Despite promises of new generation infrastructure, power cuts remain routine for distributor Société Béninoise d’Energie Electrique (SBEE), which struggles to meet demand.

Toronto-based Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas (EAOG) has sealed a deal to farm out majority stakes in two coal bed methane (CBM) licences to Belize-based West Bay Investments, a company run by Texan oilman Steve Looper.

Johannesburg-based African International Energy says the Ministry of Energy has granted it two

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has begun the formal appraisal process for a loan to back up to 50% of the total €290m ($386m)

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (Nerc) has issued 20 operational licences to local independent power producers for both on and off-grid generation, as well as one distribution licence and a licence for the newly created