SOUTH AFRICA: Kinetiko Energy Spuds 3rd Well on the Korhaan Project
The third well named Korhaan-3 is estimated to reach a depth of 400m-450m to test the gassy sandstones and coal bed methane (CBM) horizons from the known coal beds that … Read More
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DJIBOUTI: KenGen Commences Multi-well Drilling Campaign
Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) PLC has commenced drilling of the first of three geothermal wells in Djibouti setting in motion a Ksh.0.7 billion contract signed in February this year. … Read More
SOUTH AFRICA: ENGIE Completes the Acquisition of Xina Solar One a 100MW Concentrated Solar Power plant
ENGIE has completed the acquisition of Abengoa’s indirect stake in Xina Solar One (Pty) Ltd. Following completion of the transaction, ENGIE will now hold a 40% equity stake in the … Read More
SOUTH AFRICA: UK Climate Investments & Norfund Invest in Joint Venture to Develop Renewable Assets
UKCI and Norfund are funding a South African joint venture partnership between H1 Holdings and Pele Green Energy to develop renewable energy assets on a 50/50 basis. Today, Macquarie-managed UK … Read More
Ethiopia KenGen Completes EEP’s Deepest Geothermal Well
Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has announced the completion of a 3,000-meter geothermal well in Ethiopia, which exceeded the target of 2,750 meters. This is the second of eight wells … Read More
OPINION: The Global Energy Transition – now comes the hard part
Jamie Stewart, Managing Editor, Energy at ICIS Across Europe, it had all been going so well with power systems decarbonising, wind and solar capacity increasing, coal phasing out. At the … Read More
South Africa: Mainstream Projects to Deliver 1.27gw of New Clean Power
Global wind and solar company, Mainstream Renewable Power, today announces that 12 of its projects have won preferred bidder status in Round 5 of South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power … Read More
Green Climate Fund Invests $150 million in Desert to Power G5 Sahel Financing Facility
The African Development Bank has welcomed $150 million investment in its Desert to Power G5 Financing Facility from the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The GCF approved the amount at its … Read More
ENGIE Energy Access Empowers African with Clean Energy via Smart Integration of Mini-grids & New Solar Home System brand
ENGIE Energy Access (EEA) has announced that within 1 year of integrating its decentralized energy businesses, it has considerably expanded its customer base and is now delivering safe and reliable … Read More
MAURITANIA: Chariot Ink MoU for Development of Large-Scale Green Hydrogen Project
The Government of Mauritania, through the Ministry of Petroleum, Mines & Energy and Chariot have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to progress a potential green hydrogen development, denominated as “Project … Read More