There has been material progress reforming Angola’s opaque and nepotistic energy sector over the past year. Considerable work has gone into crafting new power sector regulations, and there have been notable changes to upstream licensing and the...
As well as developing the regulatory and legislative environment, the government has produced significant planning documents to guide developments in the power sector. The overarching strategy is laid out in the 207-page Angola Energia 2025,...
Key upstream partners are making bullish noises about their Algerian operations, but a call by judicial authorities to reopen investigations into historic accusations of malfeasance at state energy giant Sonatrach threatens to undermine...
Barely a month after banning the use of foreign currencies within the country, the government has declared that mining companies and hotels must pay for their power in US dollars as part of new measures aimed at improving electricity supply. In...
Zesco cannot afford to import power to tackle shortages and will instead focus on streamlining its operations and sourcing more power from independent power producers (IPPs). Zambia faces a supply shortfall of at least 273MW after severe drought...
Denmark’s Cowi A/S has been appointed to carry out a full feasibility study for the 20MW Earth Energy biomass project in Gulu, northern Uganda. The $650,000 contract has a one-year duration. Earth Energy Company Ltd received a $993,000 grant from...
Tunisia is pushing forward with its multi-part renewables procurement strategy. On 20 July, shortlisted companies submitted bids in the largest of its ongoing bid rounds for 500MW of solar and 200MW of wind. On 11 July, the Ministry of Industry...
The government signed an agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on 9 July to develop 90MW of solar power under the Scaling Solar programme. Togo is the sixth country after Zambia, Senegal, Ethiopia, Madagascar and Uzbekistan...
Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) is working with General Electric (GE) to find a way forward for the troubled 185MW expansion of the Kinyerezi I gas power plant. Delays became apparent last year when engineering, procurement and...
CrossBoundary Energy Access (CBEA) has announced a debut transaction that will see 60 mini-grids providing power to 34,000 rural households and businesses developed in Tanzania. The deal is the first project financing for a mini-grid, according...
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