Africa Energy Headlines International

Ghana: oil giant Total on track to lead in renewables

Total Petroleum Ghana Ltd., a locally listed oil marketing company, has opened its third solar-powered station in Ghana as part of its commitment to develop solar energy through cutting-edge technology in the West African nation. The new solar-powered station has 50 solar panel installation with about 16.35 kWp of power production. Speaking about the project, […]

Energy Headlines Morocco

Solar Energy: WB Lends Morocco additional $125 Mln for Noor-Midelt Complex

The World Bank has granted Morocco a $125 million additional financial support to enable the North African Kingdom build the Noor-Midelt I and II plants expected to produce 600-800 megawatts. The Noor-Midelt complex will be the country’s second concentrated solar power (CSP) complex built under the Noor Solar Plan. The Solar Plan is a critical […]

Algeria Headlines

Algeria Tries Desperately to Emulate Morocco Success in Africa & Solar Energy

After the breakthrough made by Morocco in Africa, neighboring rival Algeria tries to no avail to follow suit, by announcing a $ 360 million investment in Ethiopia, a risky move that will likely deepen further the country’s budget deficit already worsening since the fall of oil prices. The Algerian private group Cevital said Tuesday that […]

Africa Energy Headlines Morocco

Nigeria Willing to Partner with Morocco in Renewable Energies- Nigerian Paper

Nigeria is poised to partner with Morocco to boost its energy security through developing solar energy, said Nigerian Today paper. “Nigeria is pursuing international partnership with Morocco to create collaborative platform for increased deployment of solar energy technologies to enhance security and sustainable development,” said the Nigerian paper. Today quotes Nigeria’s environment minister, Amina Mohammed […]

Energy Headlines Morocco

USAID Supports Moroccan Solar Energy Research

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced support for a research in Morocco on the integration of solar energy microgrid into ‘smart buildings’ in partnership with National Instruments. The Moroccan solar energy research is among the 49 final projects selected by the USAID Global Development Lab from over 650 worldwide scientific proposals. The […]

Egypt Energy Headlines

Egypt to Build Russian Nuclear Power Plant

Egyptian authorities are negotiating with Russian Company Rosatom for the construction of a nuclear power plant to enable the most populous country in the Arab world meet its growing energy demands. Talks are believed to be at their final stages and a deal is expected to be sealed by the end of 2015, according to […]