Govt Gazettes New Gas Flaring Law
This Day
The federal government is set to stiffly penalise offenders of gas flaring in the country, after several years of leaving it at a meagre fine of N10 per thousand standard cubic… Read more »
'Nigeria Lost $1.150bn of Potential Gas Income to Flaring in 2016'
This Day
In 2016 alone, Nigeria could not earn about $1.150 billion potential gas revenue because as much as 275 billion cubic feet (BCF) of natural gas were flared from oil fields in the… Read more »
Four Power Firms Approach Regulatory Authority For Licences
The Herald
Four Independent Power Producers (IPP) have approached the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority seeking independent licenses to venture into electricity generation. Read more »
Why Nuclear Energy Should Be Part of Africa's Energy Mix
This Day
Africa has the least nuclear power of any continent in the world, with the exception of Australia where nuclear power is banned. All the largest economies in the world have nuclear… Read more »
No Cheap Power Yet As Ethiopian Dam Project Goes Into Brownout
East African
East African countries that were banking on Ethiopia for cheap electricity could be forced back to the drawing board given the uncertainties on the future of the Grand Ethiopian… Read more »
Electricity Sector to Reach 7,000 Megawatts By 2022
ANGOP
The country's electricity sector plans to reach 7,000 megawatts by 2022 to meet the country's needs in terms of regular energy supply, Prodel's chairperson José Neto said in… Read more »
The Coal Crisis At Eskom Worsens, With More Than a Quarter of Stations Having Less Than 10 Days of Reserves [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Information being received by EE Publishers indicates that the coal crisis at Eskom is worsening, with at least four and possibly more of Eskom's 15 coal-fired power stations now… Read more »
Dutch Company Hand-Picked for Power Utility Job
Namibian
NAMPOWER hand-picked a Netherlands-based company, Prysmian, to supply power cables worth between N$20 and N$25 million after undertaking a scouting mission to Europe in February… Read more »
Residents of Informal Settlement in Philippi Demand Electrification
GroundUp
City of Cape Town says permission must be obtained from PRASA, which owns the land the settlement is on Read more »
Construction of Tema LNG Terminal Project Agreement Signed [press release]
Ghana Govt.
The Tema LNG Terminal Company Limited, an entity controlled by Helios Investments, has signed an agreement with China Harbour Engineering Company for the construction of a… Read more »
Energy Maverick Salma Okonkwo Is Set to Build Ghana's Largest Solar Farm
This is Africa
Salma Okonkwo, the head of the UBI Group, a multi-million-dollar oil and gas company, is building Ghana's largest solar farm. It is due to open in March 2019, supplying 100… Read more »
NNPC, Chinese Firms to Build 10 Biofuels Complexes Nationwide
Leadership
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday said it has signed two Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in China with Nigerian-Chinese consortia to build not less… Read more »
Nyusi Inaugurates Combined Cycle Power Station
AIM
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Wednesday inaugurated a gas fired combined cycle power station in Maputo, with the capacity to generate 106 megawatts of electricity. Read more »
Wind, Solar Farms Could Double Rainfall in Sahara - Scientists
Thomson Reuters Foundation
If the entire desert were covered in wind farms and one fifth in solar panels, daily average rainfall would more than double Read more »
AfDB Unveils $58m Off-Grid Energy Access Fund
Vanguard
African Development Bank (AfDB) has unveiled its $58 million Off-Grid Energy Access Fund (OGEF), targeted at funding projects initiated by Nordic Development Fund, Global… Read more »
