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Ethiopia is set to break ground on a mega nuclear power plant, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced Tuesday (9 September), unveiling a sweeping $30 billion infrastructure agenda aimed at transforming the country’s energy, transport, and industrial sectors. Speaking at the inauguration of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) — Africa’s largest hydropower project — Ahmed […]
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 […]
South Africa and Kenya are non-hydropower renewables outperformers in the Sub-Saharan Africa region, with the former remaining the leader in renewables growth in the region, while the latter leading in terms of non-hydropower renewables, according to the latest BMI’s report. Non-hydropower renewable energy growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is led by South Africa and Kenya, whereby […]
Morocco and Portugal are studying the possibility of an undersea power connection, which would be the second Europe-Africa link. The two countries have signed in this regard a feasibility study, which will cost $455 million. At present, Portugal exports its excess energy to its neighbor Spain, which then feeds into the European system via France. […]