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The Ethiopian government has rejected outright Egypt’s proposal on the filling and operating of the $4 billion hydropower dam, the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), being constructed by the Horn of Africa country on the Nile. Addressing a press conference in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa Wednesday, Sileshi Bekele, minister for Water, Irrigation and Electricity described […]
The German development agency, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), has signed an agreement with Zambia related to the rehabilitation and extension of a hydroelectric power plant. The agreement reached between the Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (Zesco) and KfW involves a $46 million loan for the rehabilitation and expansion of the Chishimba hydroelectric power plant in Kasama […]
Over 1200 students representing 58 universities from the USA, Europe, Asia and Africa are taking part in the African Solar Decathlon 2019 currently held in the green city Mohammed VI of Benguerir, Morocco. This international competition (Sept.13-27) challenges collegiate teams to design and build solar-powered houses that are highly energy-efficient, affordable, and comfortable to live […]
Namibia and Botswana are working together on a 5,000 MW solar megaproject, Global Future Councils of the World Economic Forum said. Financial institutions such as the African Development Bank (AfDB), the World Bank and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) are members of the Global Future Councils. The megaproject provides for building both photovoltaic and […]
ENGIE expands its decentralized energy offering in Africa through the acquisition of Mobisol, a pioneer of off-grid solar solutions, the company announced this Tuesday in a press release. Mobisol has operations in Tanzania, Rwanda, and Kenya and has installed more than 150,000 solar home systems, providing clean and reliable energy to over 750,000 people in […]
US hydrocarbon exploration firm, Vaalco Energy, will start an offshore drilling campaign next month as Gabon works to increase its crude oil production by 50 percent by 2020/2021. The start of the drilling campaign follows a successful full-field maintenance shut down at four of Vaalco’s platforms in the Central African nation The five-well drilling campaign […]
Morocco took the presidency of the Arab Renewable Energy Commission on the sidelines of the Sixth international forum and fifth Arab forum of renewable energy, hosted in Amman on August 27-28. The North African country topped African and MENA region countries in the Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index established by British consultancy Ernest and Young. […]
Morocco and Jordan are exploring ways of enhancing further their cooperation in the sectors of energy and mining, one of the main pillars of the two countries’ economies. A at meeting held Monday in Amman between Moroccan Minister of Energy & Mines Aziz Rabbah and Head of Jordan’s Minerals Regulatory Commission Farouq Hiyari, the two […]
Noble Energy has made a new discovery in Block 1 offshore Equatorial Guinea, with the US company expecting to produce new oil by October, the oil minister said on Tuesday. According to Gabriel Obiang Lima, minister of hydrocarbons and mines, the government is excited to announce the discovery, “which could not have come at […]
Kenya is set to benefit from at least 50,000 new jobs in the maritime sector over the medium term as a direct result of its entry into the league of oil-exporting countries. The East African nation on Monday exported its first batch of oil as President Uhuru Kenyatta flagged off the crude shipment from the […]