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Installation issues should not impede the deployment of solar PV systems 27 Aug 2013 | 11:44 am
By Bernhard Suchland, managing director at Schletter South Africa 27 August 2013 - Roof-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels can change the power dynamic of South Africa by supplying efficient, gr....
Plan for 1,200 MW coal fired power facility in Nigeria 27 Aug 2013 | 11:40 am
27 August 2013 - Nigeria’s federal government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Chinese energy company HTG/Pacific Energy for a US$3.7 billion coal to power project. Chairman of Paci...
Broadcasting initiative reduces grid demand by 250 MW 27 Aug 2013 | 11:29 am
27 August 2013 - A power bulletin initiative in South Africa has helped reduce 250 MW from the country’s national power grid, enough electricity to supply the city of Bloemfontein for the whole day. T...
South Africa’s Ibhubesi field could fuel gas fired power stations 26 Aug 2013 | 12:35 pm
26 August 2013 - A new gas field offshore the western coast of South Africa could potentially be used as a source of natural gas to fuel the South African government's plan for gas fired power plants....
Plans for 50 MW solar project in Kenya 26 Aug 2013 | 12:30 pm
26 August 2013 - Chinese state corporation, Dongfang Electric International Corporation, is to establish a solar company in Kenya’s Rift Valley region. It plans to establish the company that will gene...
SA getting ready to begin shale gas exploration 26 Aug 2013 | 12:18 pm
26 August 2013 - Rob Davies, South Africa’s trade and industry minister says the country may start exploration for shale gas before the country’s national elections in April 2014. "We need to advance ...
Two time zones for SA mooted to help manage electricity demand 23 Aug 2013 | 12:50 pm
23 August 2013 - The Capital City Business Chamber (CCBC) says that it shares the view of Eskom CEO Brian Dames, that energy management is a high priority in South Africa and should be managed and pla...
Nuclear predicted to be the world’s fastest growing non-renewable energy source 23 Aug 2013 | 12:23 pm
23 August 2013 - The US Energy Information Administration’s international energy outlook 2013 projects that world energy consumption will grow by 56% between 2010 and 2040. It predicts that world ener...
Morocco’s plans more CSP plants 23 Aug 2013 | 11:51 am
23 August 2013 - Morocco plans to build two more concentrated solar power (CSP) plants producing 200 MW and 100 MW respectively at the southerly city of Ouarzazate, the country’s government has announ...
Ghana to reach 5.0 GW by 2016 22 Aug 2013 | 12:08 pm
22 August 2013 - Ghana’s minister of energy and petroleum Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah says the country is on course to achieve a targeted power generation capacity of 5,000 MW by 2016. He also says the c...
