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Egypt’s Orascom Construction Industries has announced plans for a 50MW methane power plant at Lake Kivu. “It’s very early to talk in accurate numbers, but we think investing in the first 50MW will be in the range of between

Cairo Electricity Production Company has given Egypt’s Orascom Construction Industries a contract valued at $181m for the civil works package for the 1,500MW

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is considering E300m ($410m) of financing for the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy’s planned 500MW solar power plant

Tanzania and Uganda have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to facilitate the development and operation of the Kikagati-Murongo hydropower project on their joint border.

GE is to supply six gas turbines to the Egyptian Electricity Holding Company for the Giza North and Banha combined-cycle power plants under contracts totalling $300m, adding 2,250MW – or 10% – of capacity to the power grid

Eskom has given ABB a contract to construct two solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants. The pilot plants, each of one hectare, will be located on greenfield sites adjacent to the coal-fired power stations at

There are signs of movement, at last, on bidding for flagship solar and other renewables projects, to be installed at either end of the continent. 

Emergency plans were pushed through in August to help to alleviate the worst of Tanzania’s power rationing.  But there are understandable concerns about cost and corruption, and fears that larger projects will not come to fruition any time soon, writes Adrian J Browne.

Under pressure from creditors led by the state-owned Social Security and National Insurance Trust, receivers of Tema Osonor Plant Ltd (TOPL), the company that developed a 126MW independent power project at Tema, have offered a gas turbine generator package for sale (AE 211/7). 

Project company Parc Eolien Taiba Ndiaye SA is seeking bids for the supply, delivery, installation, commissioning and construction management of 50 wind turbines for a planned 125MW wind farm, and a contract to provide long-term on-site operations and maintenance. 

Lower-than-expected demand, thanks to relatively mild weather and a wave of strike action, helped Eskom keep the lights on during the peak winter demand period.  Delivering a Q3 ‘state of the system’ update on 25 August, chief executive Brian Dames said electricity demand growth over the period was about 1.4% year on year, below Eskom’s 2% growth forecast for the full year.

China International Water & Electric Corporation (CWE) has signed a contract to build the 240MW Kaléta dam on the Konkouré River as Beijing eyes Guinea’s bauxite reserves. 

Tullow Oil says the partners in the Kudu gas-to-power project have reached agreement with Namibian utility NamPower on the design of the Kudu gas production facilities and power station.  Chief operating officer Paul McDade told African Energy that they were in final negotiations on commercial agreements and, once heads of agreement were signed, front-end engineering and design (FEED) studies could go ahead in Q4.

Eskom has received a E100m ($141m) loan from the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) to fund a 100MW wind project in the Western Cape.  The 20-year credit facility will contribute to financing the Sere wind project, to be built at a site north-west of Vredendal, about 300km north of Cape Town.

Progress has been reported at last in bidding to build the first phase of Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (Masen)’s planned 500MW solar power plant at Ouarzazate (AE 201/10, 196/6, 174/8).