A UN agency has given Zambia and Zimbabwe permission to build a $5 billion hydropower dam downstream from Victoria Falls, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, according to the authority overseeing its construction. Environmentalists have protested the 2,400-megawatt Batoka Gorge project, which is located 47 kilometers from the world’s largest waterfall, saying it would have a […]
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General Electric to build wind farm extension in Morocco
GE Renewable Energy has been picked up to supply 40 onshore wind turbines for the 200 MW Aftissat onshore wind farm extension in southern Morocco. The project is expected to be operational in 2023 and aims to support industrial companies under power purchase agreements, in line with Morocco’s goal to install 52 pc of renewable […]
Africa: General Electric Develops New Investment Plans in Africa
The American power and energy giant, General Electric, has decided to club together with Pan-African multi-sector business services company Mara Group to make more inroads in Africa through investment in infrastructure, a domain still infant on the black continent. General Electric plans to invest billions of dollars in Africa’s infrastructure business industry, which according to […]


