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Last week, Eskom GCE Andre de Ruyter spoke with Ryk van Niekerk, the editor of Moneyweb, about the R131 billion agreement that was reached between various international partners and Eskom. Herewith is a synopsis of the interview.
The partnership…
The Namibian government has announced a $9.4 billion green hydrogen project to be created near the seaside town of Luderitz in southern Namibia.
Namibia stated that HYPHEN had been chosen as the preferred bidder to create a vertically integrated…
The British company Bboxx has announced the launch of its activities in Nigeria. With over 85 million people living without electricity in the country, the company wants to electrify 20 million people in 10 years.
Bboxx is expanding its operations…
While the off-grid solar market has shown tremendous resilience, recovery from the COVID-19 related lockdowns is uneven despite it being an industry that could drive climate action and help the world achieve energy access goals.
GOGLA and the…
This week, the City of Johannesburg launched a new strategy to improve the municipality’s security of consistent electricity supply for citizens and businesses. The City of Johannesburg, led by executive mayor Mpho Moerane, has begun an energy mix…
Uncertainty in the price of this mineral may risk the future supply of this essential component for electric vehicles. The involvement of external agents in the market could hinder decision-making and limit investment by mining and production…
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has approved a $57.67 million loan to Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, South Africa’s public electricity utility—and Africa’s largest— to harness battery storage technology that will…
Worried over the neglect of renewable energy, stakeholders in the power sector have called on economic managers to prioritise investment into the nation's renewable energy space.
They stated that despite economic benefits of renewable energy on the…
A multinational effort to bring solar power to Burundi has been realised with the commercial operation of the country’s first-ever solar field.
The pioneering 7.5MW solar PV plant has increased Burundi’s generation capacity by over 10% and is the…