Intra-regional collaboration, increased use of renewables and optimised infrastructure are among the solutions to Africa’s power shortfall, delegates heard at the opening of POWER-GEN & DistribuTECH Africa 2016 in Sandton. During the opening...
Eskom has received a $1.34 billion boost for its capital expenditure program from the African Development Bank (AfDB). The pair recently signed loan facilities that will secure approximately R19 billion for the power utility in the largest...
A new World Bank report draws from experiences in five African countries to explain why independent power projects (IPPs) are crucial to help deliver electricity to the 600 million people without it in sub-Saharan Africa. Africa’s power sector...
In September last year, the Gouda Wind Farm, owned in partnership by the South African company, Aveng, and the Spanish renewable energy company, Acciona Energia, began operations with a generating capability of 423 gigawatt hours of electricity...
