Energy

The Transmission Company of Nigeria announced on Thursday that the board of the African Development Bank had approved its $210m NTEP-1 projects. The TCN said the transmission projects were approved in a board resolution on Wednesday in AfDB Headquarters, Abidjan. The Nigeria Transmission Expansion Programme

In order to provide young energy professionals with the tools and experience to become future leaders across the industry, the African Energy Chamber (https://EnergyChamber.org/) is launching its first Fellowship Program in 2020. Applications are open throughout October 2019, for a one-year program that will start

Natural gas can help Africa bring power to the people. It just has to be harnessed appropriately and not wasted or exported. That is the premise of Chapter 5 of Billions at Play: The Future of African Energy, the new book by leading African energy

Abuja — The United Kingdom has set up another funding window to improve electricity access to Nigerians and 14 other African countries, especially vulnerable rural communities and marginalised groups, using clean off-grid solar electricity. Expected to last for the next four years and funded by

A drone strike on Saudi oil pipelines. A cyber-attack on an African national oil company. Two explosions on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. Security is critical to the integrity and continuity of any oil and gas or power and utility operation. Disruptions are

Benin has officially inaugurated the Maria Gleta power plant near Cotonou. With a generation capacity of 127 megawatts (MW), the gas engine power plant is set to increase the country’s power supply significantly decreasing its dependence on energy imports. “The Maria Gleta power plant increases

Morocco took the presidency of the Arab Renewable Energy Commission on the sidelines of the Sixth international forum and fifth Arab forum of renewable energy, hosted in Amman on August 27-28. The North African country topped African and MENA region countries in the Renewable Energy

Russia is attempting to gain influence in Africa and earn billions of pounds by selling developing nations nuclear technology that critics say is unsuitable and unlikely to benefit the continent’s poorest people. Representatives of Rosatom, the Russian state corporation responsible for both the military and

On July 24, French super-major, Total signed a Gas Supply Agreement and Host Government Agreement with Benin and its state utility, the Société Béninoise d’Energie Electrique (SBEE). The agreement would see the development of a 0.5 mtpa Floating, Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU), the first