Tag: Electricity

Egypt to receive permission in 2022 to build two nuclear plants for electricity generation

January 4, 2022

Egypt is expected to receive, this year, the permission to build two nuclear plants for electricity generation.   Amjad Al-Wakeel, Chairman of Egypt’s Nuclear Power ... Read More

Cape Town: 10,000 decision makers to attend African Utility Week

May 8, 2019

Cape Town hosts this May 14-16 the African Utility Week dedicated to African professionals working in the electricity, energy and water sectors. Gathering professionals from ... Read More

South Africa: Electricity price increases to cost over 90,000 mining jobs

March 27, 2019

South Africa’s Minerals Council on Tuesday warned that electricity price increases by state-owned power utility Eskom will lead to over 90,000 job losses in South ... Read More

Rural electrification: Uganda seeks distribution transformers

March 13, 2019

The Rural Electrification Agency of Uganda has received funds for the acquisition of supply and delivery of self-protected distribution transformers. Self-protecting distribution transformers incorporate a ... Read More

Electricity : Liberia to connect additional 33,000 new customers

February 15, 2019

The Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) has resumed work on the Monrovia-Bomi Corridor/Liberia Accelerated Electricity Expansion Project-Additional Financing (LACEEP-AF). The move comes after the issuance of ... Read More

South Africa: 15% Eskom tariff hike could cut 150,000 mining jobs

February 1, 2019

The Minerals Council of South Africa on Thursday warned that the country could lose up to 150,000 jobs, if state-owned electricity supplier Eskom is granted ... Read More

Moroccan-Portuguese Undersea Electricity Link to Cost €700 mln

February 2, 2018

The first results of the feasibility study on the undersea power grid linking Morocco and Portugal are so far promising. The inter-continental electricity link, expected ... Read More

Algeria Releases ‘New Growth Model’ Warning of Unsustainable Subsidy System

April 13, 2017

The Algerian government released its 2030 vision for economic development, dubbed “New Growth Model,” warning of the unsustainability of the current subsidies system and urging ... Read More

Morocco Plans to Generate Electricity from Waste

November 21, 2016

As part of efforts to promote clean energy and reduce climate change, Morocco plans to use solid waste to generate electricity. In this regards, a ... Read More

Morocco, Vanguard of Solar Revolution- CNBC says

October 7, 2016

Thanks to its largescale investments in renewable energy, Morocco is becoming a vanguard of solar revolution, US business channel CNBC said. “In North Africa, Morocco's ... Read More