African heads of state, attending this year’s World Economic Forum, launched a New Deal on Energy, on Thursday 21 January 2015. The deal is aimed at securing universal access to electricity by 2025. The theme for WEF 2016 is “Mastering the Fourth...
Zimbabwe is getting a 300 MW energy boost from Eskom, as the country suffers a power crunch amid reduced capacity caused by falling water levels at the Kariba dam. This comes as China has reportedly agreed to release US$1.2billion for the...
Eskom has signed a power supply agreement with its Zimbabwean counterpart Zesa. The energy parastatal is part of the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP), and so is Zesa, where member utilities sell surplus electricity to each other depending on the...
The Department of Energy has moved to clarify reports that government and Cabinet have finalised a decision to implement the nuclear build programme. “The decision to proceed with developing the nuclear new build programme was taken in principle by...
