France has revealed its plans to spend “billions of euros” on renewable energy and environmental projects in Africa over the next five years  hydelproject GiselaGiardino flickrFrance is keen to develop clean energy projects such as solar, wind and hydro in Africa. At the ongoing climate change summit COP21 in Paris, President Francois Hollande said that his government is planning to double investments in clean energy.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 11th December 2015

 The Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI) is being supported significantly by several countries that have pledged around US$10bn for clean energy projects in Africa  cleanenergy ArtemyoLagalag flickrThe goal of AREI is to supply atleast 300GW of power by 2030 to the African continent, through clean energy sources. At COP21 held in France, G7 countries Germany, France, Canada, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom and USA along with.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 11th December 2015

Symbion Power Lake Kivu Ltd, a subsidiary of American firm Symbion Power LLC, on Tuesday signed a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Rwanda Energy Group (REG) for a 50 Megawatt (MW) methane gas to power project.   The official signing involved Symbion Power CEO Paul Hinks, REG CEO Jean-Bosco Mugiraneza, and Minister of Infrastructure James Musoni. With the PPA signed, Symbion will now begin implementation activities including.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 10th December 2015

 Deville Shopping Centre in South Africa now boasts of 1,206 highly efficient solar panels on its rooftop.   The solar panels will supply just about 8% of the centre’s electricity requirements. The project was managed by Spire Sustainable Solutions on behalf of the Tower Property Fund who owns De Ville. Deville Shopping Centre in South Africa becomes one of numeral shopping malls that have embraced solar panels on.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 10th December 2015

Power generation in Uganda will nearly double in the next three years, Benon Mutambi, chief executive officer of the state-run Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) has announced. The move comes following reforms by Uganda that has boosted investment by independent power producers and development group. Benon Mutambi, says that the government has been working to improve the regulatory and policy environment aimed at luring investors. Once.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 9th December 2015

 Egypt says it will add 3 GW of power to national grid in the coming year in a bid to reduce power deficit facing the country Power.   This comes barely after the country’s business community called for quick response to the current unending power shortages that have hampered heavy industry in recent years, the electricity minister said on Sunday.   Falling oil and gas production coupled with rising consumption have.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 9th December 2015

The bulk of donor funding to Kenya goes to energy and infrastructure projects, a latest National Treasury debt report released in Nairobi showed Wednesday. The report says energy and infrastructure sector takes 42 percent of the cash Kenya gets from its bilateral and multilateral lenders, with the external debt currently standing at 14.7 billion U.S. dollars. Kenya is undertaking dozens of projects in the energy and transport.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 7th December 2015

 A 200MW wind farm in Egypt’s Gulf of El-Zayt, touted to be the largest in Africa, has been inaugurated wind CGPGrey flickrHundred turbines, each with a capacity of 20MW, have been installed in the wind farm.  The wind farm cost US$359mn and has been financed by the European Union (EU), Germany’s KfW and the European Investment Bank (EIB). With a 100 turbines, the wind farm generate up to 800MW per year, which could aid.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 7th December 2015

 The Cape Town V&A Waterfront’s Silo District is recognised as one of the most advanced and environmentally-friendly developments, not just in South Africa but throughout the continent Evergreen chillerThe AquaEdge 23XRV chiller.  The Silo District project is due for completion in 2017, once an additional four silo developments are fully-operational. A division of United Technologies Corp, heating and air-conditioning.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 7th December 2015

 Orange and Engie have signed two deals to expand the electricity grid as well as optimise the power supply for the telecom infrastructure in Africa  orangeengiepower nayukim flickrSmall scale electricity networks will be set up across Africa, said officials from Engie.  For the supply of power, solar kits and small scale electricity networks will be set up. The service would be billed to customers through mobile networks,.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 7th December 2015

Dar es Salaam — The envisaged Singida Wind Power project will roll the region's economic fortunes and turn the municipality into a city during the next few years, the project developers said yesterday.   Singida Region is home to 1.37 million people, according to the 2012 Population Census, with the Singida Municipality alone having 150,000 people.   Apart from population - which is mostly more than 300,000 for the.... Read more »

Posted on : Saturday , 5th December 2015

Government representatives and the private sector from across East Africa are meeting in Nairobi for a conference on sustainable energy (SE4All forum) backed by the United Nations.   The forum seeks to identify areas of potential collaboration by way of joint investments to implement national plans aimed at enhancing access to modern energy services.   The meeting will also pursue ways of doubling contribution of renewable energy.... Read more »

Posted on : Saturday , 5th December 2015