• Trade unions infuriated over coal plant fiasco Published on March 16 2017
    South African state-owned power utility Eskom is expected to meet with trade unions this week to address the phasing out of five coal-fired power stations.
  • Kusile Power Station Unit 1 kicks into action Published on March 15 2017
    On Tuesday, Eskom announced that Unit 1 at the Kusile Power Station, reached full load last week, achieving yet another major milestone. This follows the initial synchronisation of the same unit on 26 December 2016.
  • Ghana: GE to power Amandi project Published on March 14 2017
    Multinational power solutions company, General Electric (GE), announced that it has received an order to provide a 200MW combined-cycle power plant, which will be operated by Amandi Energy Ltd in Aboadze, Ghana.
  • UEDCL takes over electricity distribution reins Published on March 14 2017
    The Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) has taken over management of rural electricity distribution managed by Ferdsult Engineering Services.
  • Zimbabwe still in need of SA power supply Published on March 14 2017
    On Monday, Zimbabwe’s energy minister said that it is currently negotiating a new deal to continue importing power from South Africa, as its hydropower dam is not meeting the country’s energy needs.
  • Kusile Power Station Project renovates community centre Published on March 14 2017
    On Monday, South African state-owned power utility, Eskom, announced that its Kusile Power Station Project in collaboration with Tubular Zamani Joint Venture has refurbished the Nagakamoka Home-based Centre/DIC after a needs assessment was conducted.
  • Eskom commissions second 500MVA transformer at the Ngwedi substation Published on March 10 2017
    On Thursday, Eskom announced that it has energised and commissioned the second 500MVA power transformer at the newly built Ngwedi substation, bringing the total capacity to 1,000MVA.
  • Eskom claims bronze for customer service Published on March 8 2017
    On Monday, Eskom claimed the SAP Advanced Centre of Expertise (CoE) Bronze Medal for excellence during an awards ceremony at the SAP head office in Johannesburg.
  • Zimbabwe: coal production on the decline Published on March 6 2017
    Zimbabwe’s coal production has declined by 40%, which has hampered the country’s thermal power generation. Last week, the Financial Gazette’s Companies & Markets reported that the country’s coal output, which is essential to the energy industry, recorded a significant decline in 2016.
  • Zimbabwe: coal production on the decline Published on March 6 2017
    Zimbabwe’s coal production has declined by 40%, which has hampered the country’s thermal power generation. Last week, the Financial Gazette’s Companies & Markets reported that the country’s coal output, which is essential to the energy industry, recorded a significant decline in 2016.
  • Eskom declares support for National Development Plan Published on March 1 2017
    South Africa’s national power utility acknowledges that the country’s government is faced with the challenge of ensuring a sustainable energy supply. Eskom, the country’s sole power utility, further noted that this challenge is no different from other countries worldwide.
  • SADC to increase electricity generation capacity Published on March 3 2017
    Operating under a generation supply deficit for almost a decade, the SADC has now set a target of 30,000MW to be derived from new projects over the next five years.
  • Sudan seeks to expand Garri Power Station Published on March 2 2017
    Earlier this week, the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, visited Garri Power Station located in Khartoum, Sudan.
    According to the AfDB, Adesina went to the north African country to hold discussions with the government regarding Sudan’s planned power interconnection project that is to boost electricity supply in the country by 3,750MW.
  • Botswana: CBM power plant making headways Published on March 1 2017
    Tlou Energy has partnered with IPC, a British power development company to tender for and develop a coal bed methane (CBM) power plant of up to 100MW at its Lesedi CBM Project in Botswana.
  • Tanzania: Pressure mounts on REA Phase III contractors Published on March 1 2017
    Earlier this year, Tanzania’s energy and minerals deputy minister, Dr Medard Kalemani, instructed contracted companies to ensure that they electrify identified villages under phase two of the Rural Energy Agency (REA II) project.
  • Kenya Power’s rural electrification programme on pause Published on February 22 2017
    State-owned power utility, Kenya Power’s rural electrification programme, also known as the Last Mile Connectivity Project, is currently on hold and will resume in July. Energy Secretary Charles Keter told the Daily Nation that the bulk of homes without power will qualify for the subsidy once the new Sh3 billion ($29 million) transformers have been installed. […]
  • Liberia: Zwedru residents launch restore electric power campaign Published on February 22 2017
    In West Africa, while efforts have been paying off in the fight against power theft through a campaign spearheaded by the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC), a new initiative among power consumers has been established. […]
  • Uganda: Electricity distributor bows out Published on February 21 2017
    Ugandan based multilateral company, Ferdsult Engineering Services Limited (FESL), announces that it is giving up the business of distributing electricity. According to local media, the Daily Monitor, the company’s planning and finance director, Bonny Kiiza, confirmed that the electricity distributor will not renew its contract at the end of this month. […]