Africa
Zimbabwe: Hwange Expansion Reaches Major Milestones
THE Hwange Thermal Power Station expansion project is now at 67,9 percent complete, with major milestones having been reached in the journey towards providing relief and self-sufficiency in power generation in the country. The US$1,5 billion expansion programme...
Renewable Energy to Contribute 22 Percent of Africa’s Energy Consumption By 2030
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has projected that renewable energy will contribute 22 per cent of Africa's total energy consumption by 2030. It noted that about 580 million people in sub-Saharan Africa lacked access to electricity in 2019. The agency which...
Nigeria’s $2.8bn AKK Project Suffers Setback As Chinese Lenders Hold Back Funds
Nigeria's critical gas infrastructure project, the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano pipeline is currently suffering implementation delay as Chinese lenders fail to release funds. As a result, the federal government is seeking $1 billion so that work can continue on the gas...
OPEC+ deadlock is bad news for oil producers, consumers and energy transitions – IEA warns
The International Energy Agency on Tuesday warned that world oil markets are likely to remain volatile following a breakdown in talks between OPEC members and their non-OPEC allies, creating a no-win situation. In its latest monthly oil market report, the IEA said...
How Nigeria ‘Accidentally’ Discovered 206trn Cubic Feet Gas Reserve
The Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, has said that the country accidentally discovered 206 trillion cubic feet of gas reserves while in search of crude oil. Mr Sylva, who disclosed this in Abuja at a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) forum, said that the...
Egypt Seeks Final Deal On GERD Filling, Operation
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said Egypt seeks to reach a legally binding agreement on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as the international community is totally aware of the great danger it poses on downstream countries. In a...
Zimbabwe: Chinese Bank ‘Ditches’ Sengwa Coal Project
A top Chinese bank with a global portfolio including fossil fuel extraction, has tentatively agreed to stop financing the controversial Sengwa coal project in Gokwe after bowing to civic pressure. In a communique following the postponement of a meeting by Affected...
Tunisia Seeks to Invest Nearly 1 Billion Dinars/Year to Secure Energy Independence
Tunisia eyes a 30% renewables share by 2030 and seeks to invest nearly 1 billion dinars/year to secure energy independence, said Director General of Electricity and Energy Transition at the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mines Belhassan Chiboub. Renewable energies...
Tunisia: Domestic Natural Gas Production Up By 62 Percent At End of April 2021
Domestic gas resources (national production + tax package) reached 1049 thousand tonnes of oil equivalent (ktoe) at the end of April 2021, up by 62% compared to the same period of the previous year, according to the document on the Energy Conjuncture which has been...
Ethiopia: Nation to Enhance transportation Program That Works With Renewable Energy
Ministry of Transportation announced on 16th June that it would enhance a transportation program that works with renewable energy in the country. Speaking at the establishment of a high-level national facilitation committee for "Electricity Mobility Program,"...
