Govt seeks energy framework with SA
GOVERNMENT is seeking an official framework with South Africa to structure energy deals, secretary for Energy and Power Development Partson Mbiriri has said.
South Africa to add 100 MW solar power to national grid in 2018
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – French group Engie has signed a 20-year power purchase deal with South Africa’s state-owned utility Eskom to connect 100 megawatts (MW) of solar power onto the national grid in 2018 from its Kathu Solar plant.
Power As Promised: 6,000 Villages Get Electricity, Says Government
NEW DELHI: Nearly a third of 18,500 villages promised electricity connections in three years by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year have been electrified already, the government has said.
New Turbines Boost Ivory Coast Electricity Production
Ivory Coast’s biggest private electricity producer completed a project on Wednesday that will boost the West African nation’s production capacity, consolidating the country’s importance as one of the region’s major electricity exporters.
Gigawatt Mozambique opens 120MW gas-fired power station
RESSANO GARCIA — Gigawatt Mozambique officially opened a new $200m, 120 megawatt (MW) gas-fired power station in the border town of Ressano Garcia on Friday.
Zimbabwe hydro power dam could stop producing electricity within six months
KARIBA — Zimbabwe’s main hydro power dam could stop producing electricity in six months’time if water levels keep falling after the nation’s worst drought in more than two decades, an official said on Friday.
Electricity supply to Hartbeespoort cut, Madibeng owes R10m
The City of Tshwane cut the power supply to Hartbeespoort today after the Madibeng municipality failed to pay its debt of almost R10 million.
South Africa guarantees Eskom’s power purchase agreements
CAPE TOWN Feb 24 (Reuters) – Power purchase agreements between South African power utility Eskom and independent power producers (IPPs) are now categorized as contingent liabilities, adding about 200 billion rand ($13 billion)to government’s guarantee exposure from 2015/16, National Treasury said on Wednesday.
Queensland solar homes are using more grid electricity than non-solar
Solar-powered homes in south-east Queensland, which boasts the world’s highest concentration of rooftop panels, have begun consuming on average more electricity from the grid than those without solar, the network operator has found.
