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UK start-up Xlinks has chosen Canadian engineering consulting firm WSP to provide technical advisory services for the tendering process for four HVDC converter stations and ancillary works for the Morocco-UK Power Project. WSP will support the procurement process for converter stations in the UK and Morocco, UK grid connection works, connection to the generation assets […]
Côte d’Ivoire, which aspires to become a “major” oil producer by 2023, has announced a new discovery of oil and natural gas by Italian hydrocarbon giant ENI, thus effectively expanding its potential reserves found last year by 25%. In September 2021, ENI announced a „major discovery” of offshore oil and gas resources in Ivory Coast, […]
Construction work of the first solar photovoltaic power plant in the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region, with an installed capacity of 34 megawatts (MWp), was launched Tuesday in the commune of Hjar Nahal, in the Tangier-Assilah prefecture. The GPM1 solar power, developed by the Green Power Morocco Company for an overall investment of about 370 million dirhams […]
Libya authorities in charge of the country’s oil production indicated Tuesday oil production has increased 1.025 million barrels per day after a three-month decline owing to a wave of closures of oil fields and ports, Libya Observer reports. Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), Farhat Ben Qadara, and the Minister of Oil and Gas, […]
When Algeria halted its biggest gas pipeline with Spain in late 2021, decision-makers in Madrid knew that Algiers’ reliability as an energy supplier was called into question. In a series of self-defeating measures, Algeria has announced a technical problem in the small Medgaz pipeline, effectively halting all exports to Spain and further pushing the country […]
Nearly 60% of African countries remain dependent on exports of commodities despite decades-long efforts to diversify. Therefore, a shift especially to technology and financial services, among other sectors, could help them withstand economic shocks, a study recently published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) argues. UNCTAD’s Economic Development in Africa Report […]
The European Union has intensified pressure on Nigeria to supply additional gas to Europe as it attempts to wean itself off Russian gas on the back of Vladimir Putin’s war with Ukraine. With the bloc preparing for potential Russian supply cuts, Nigeria’s Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has called for collaboration with […]
The Moroccan Agency for sustainable energy (MASEN) and India’s National thermal power corporation (NTPC) signed a memorandum of understanding, providing for carrying out of joint projects in the field of renewable energy. Under the MoU, MASEN and NTPC will work on capacity building and share their experiences and expertise in the renewable energy field. The […]
Egypt and Russian energy company Rosatom have announced the beginning of construction work of the North African country’s first nuclear plant. The plant is being built at El-Dabaa on the country’s north coast and is expected to have four units, each with a generating capacity of 1,200MW. The project has been in the pipeline since […]
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman, received a phone call from the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, on Thursday to discuss a host of issues including bilateral relations between their countries and ways to develop them in various fields, the kingdom’s news agency SPA has reported. The two leaders also touched on the most […]