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A Dangote crude oil tank is seen inside the Dangote Industries oil refinery and fertiliser plant site in the Ibeju-Lekki district of Lagos, Nigeria. Image credit: Reuters/Sodiq Adelakun/File Photo

More fuel shortages to come, warns Africa’s biggest oil refineryRobert Harvey

Source: Reuters.

Africa50 infrastructure fund plans to more than double project value in five yearsDuncan Miriri

Light bulb moment: The electric decarbonisation opportunity

Light bulb moment: The electric decarbonisation opportunityAndrew Winstone

The cost of power: Eskom seeks Nersa approval for price hike

AI data centres could make electricity more expensive

AI data centres could make electricity more expensiveBrutus Mogotlo

Source: Reuters.

Africa50 infrastructure fund plans to more than double project value in five years

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Light bulb moment: The electric decarbonisation opportunity

Light bulb moment: The electric decarbonisation opportunity

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South Korean toilet turns excrement into power and digital currency

South Korean toilet turns excrement into power and digital currency

Minwoo Park and Daewoung Kim 9 Jul 2021

Tunisia pushing UN action on Ethiopia dam, Ethiopia opposed

Tunisia pushing UN action on Ethiopia dam, Ethiopia opposed

Michelle Nichols 8 Jul 2021

UN urges Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to recommit to dam talks

UN urges Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to recommit to dam talks

Doyinsola Oladipo 7 Jul 2021

Egypt notified that Ethiopia has resumed filling of giant dam

Egypt notified that Ethiopia has resumed filling of giant dam

Momen Saeed Atallah, Omar Fahmy and Nafisa Eltahir 6 Jul 2021

UN Security Council to meet on Ethiopia dam

UN Security Council to meet on Ethiopia dam

Michelle Nichols 2 Jul 2021

A small toy figure and representations of the virtual currency Bitcoin stand on a motherboard in this picture illustration taken May 20, 2021. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Analysis - China's Bitcoin crackdown sparks fears of dirtier cryptomining

Umberto Bacchi & Beh Lih Yi 30 Jun 2021

Source: Wikipedia

Inga 3 hydropower would cost South Africans billions

30 Jun 2021

John Lewis, MD, Aggreko Africa

The path to carbon neutrality is fuelled by hybrid power

John Lewis 29 Jun 2021

Sudan rejects Ethiopian plan to fill giant dam a second time - senior official

Sudan rejects Ethiopian plan to fill giant dam a second time - senior official

Khalid Abdelaziz 28 Jun 2021

Eskom to pay disputed wage rise in union standoff

25 Jun 2021

Port of Saldanha. Source: Transnet Port Terminals

DFFE sinks Karpowership deal

24 Jun 2021

Kusile Power Station. Image: Wikipedia

Eskom promises to complete Kusile on time

18 Jun 2021

Eskom's former chairman Jabu Mabuza looks on during the release of the company's 2018/19 interim results at its head office at Megawatt Park, in Sunninghill, South Africa, November 28, 2018. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

South Africa's former Eskom chairman dies aged 63 - statement

Nqobile Dludla 17 Jun 2021

Arab states call on UN Security Council to meet over Ethiopian dam

Arab states call on UN Security Council to meet over Ethiopian dam

Mahmoud Mourad, Nayera Abdallah and Raya Jalabi 17 Jun 2021

Australia's Fortescue in talks on giant Congo hydro project

Australia's Fortescue in talks on giant Congo hydro project

Melanie Burton and Hereward Holland 15 Jun 2021

'Powering off' the Eskom grid: Suggestions for energy self-sufficiency

'Powering off' the Eskom grid: Suggestions for energy self-sufficiency

Achmat Kazie & Rudi Kimmie, TSIBA 14 Jun 2021

Ghana produces excess electricity but its management is inefficient. Wikimedia Commons

Ghana's electricity supply mix has improved, but reliability and cost is still a challenge

Theophilus Acheampong & Bridget O Menyeh 11 Jun 2021

New electricity self-generation thresholds a welcome relief

New electricity self-generation thresholds a welcome relief

Kieran Whyte 11 Jun 2021

Clean sources, job security are crucial to SA's energy future

Clean sources, job security are crucial to SA's energy future

11 Jun 2021

Cloetesville Primary receives its Electrical Performance Certificate. Image: Stefan Els

GreenX Engineering helps Cloetesville Primary to achieve EPC certificate

11 Jun 2021

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Ramaphosa lifts embedded generation threshold to 100MW

Nicci Botha 10 Jun 2021

Eskom CEO, Andre de Ruyter

Eskom's De Ruyter cleared of misconduct

3 Jun 2021

Another round of loadshedding hits the country

Another round of loadshedding hits the country

2 Jun 2021

Mozambique launches construction of $1bn power plant, transmission line

Mozambique launches construction of $1bn power plant, transmission line

1 Jun 2021

Caspar Herzberg, president, Middle East and Africa, Schneider Electric

Deregulation and technology will fulfil South Africa's power needs

Caspar Herzberg 28 May 2021

Image: Rio Tinto

Richards Bay Minerals GM gunned down

25 May 2021

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Schedule 2 licence cap should be increased to 50MW

24 May 2021

Green Connection: Energy budget still reeks of too much fossil fuel

Green Connection: Energy budget still reeks of too much fossil fuel

20 May 2021

Have your say on new energy vehicles green paper

Have your say on new energy vehicles green paper

19 May 2021

Mineral resources and energy minister, Gwede Mantashe. Image:

Shale gas pockets found in the Karoo, Mantashe says

19 May 2021

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