Category: Energy

Egypt signs $13m contracts with three gold mining companies

January 25, 2021

Egypt has given five new gold exploration contracts worth $13 million to three mining companies in the back of 11 others. The contracts, Arab Finance ... Read More

Tunisia & Libya poised to bolster cooperation in oil sector

January 21, 2021

Tunisia and Libya have discussed ways to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in the oil sector. Assaad Ajili, Tunisian envoy to Libya met with ... Read More

Morocco’s CNESTEN, Hungarian Center poised to upgrade cooperation in nuclear energy

January 20, 2021

The Moroccan National Center for Energy, Nuclear Science and Technology (CNESTEN) and the Hungarian Energy Research Center have signed on Tuesday an agreement providing for ... Read More

Wind power: Spanish company InCom opens plant in Morocco, its first in Africa

January 14, 2021

Spanish InCom company, a multinational group dedicated to the engineering, design and manufacture of composite kits for the wind blade industry, has taken a new ... Read More

Morocco: Construction of Midelt 210-MW wind farm completed

January 7, 2021

The Moroccan National Office for Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) announced on Wednesday the completion of the construction of a 210 MW wind farm in ... Read More

Morocco to build 270 MW wind farm near Essaouira

January 2, 2021

Morocco has given a go-ahead to a 270 MW wind farm in Jbel lahdid near Essaouira for a total cost of 2.8 billion dirhams ($314 ... Read More

Chariot Oil Company gets new exploration license in Northern Morocco

December 16, 2020

The UK Chariot Oil & Gas company has secured a new offshore exploration license in Northern Morocco. The formal award of the “Rissana” license is ... Read More

Morocco-Nigeria gas pipeline wins ECOWAS support

December 12, 2020

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has endorsed the Moroccan-Nigerian off-shore on-shore gas pipeline that will benefit 13 African countries instead of the ... Read More

Morocco aims to reduce energy consumption by 20%

December 7, 2020

Morocco said it targets a reduction of 20% in its energy consumption by 2030 in tandem with a plan to generate 52% of its electricity ... Read More

Italian company winner of mega energy contract in Algeria victim of blackmail

December 1, 2020

An Italian company operating in Algeria is currently victim of blackmail from some corrupt individuals of the North African country’s energy giant Sonatrach after landing ... Read More