Medupi lock-out a declaration of war – Numsa
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) said it would make a decision on Wednesday regarding possible strike […]
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Progress being made at Medupi
“Medupi Unit 6 was successfully synchronised to the national power grid on 2 March 2015 and is currently being progressively […]
Zambia, Zimbabwe to construct power station
According to Zambia’s Mines, Energy and Water Development Minister, Christopher Yaluma, Zambia is set to start construction of a 1600-MW […]
Medupi produces first power
“Eskom is pleased to announce that first power was produced out of Medupi’s Unit 6 today at 11:03am, making it […]
Kenya’s US$2bn coal power plant to commence construction in October
Construction of a multimillion coal power plant in Lamu, Kenya will commence in October, Amu Power a consortium of Centum […]
Dutch firm to spend $2 billion on solar power in Africa by 2020
Dutch company Gigawatt Global said it will spend $2-billion to generate 1 000 MW of solar power in Africa by […]
Medupi synchronisation ‘on track’
Trade union Solidarity on Thursday said there were indications that Eskom was on track for a mid-February synchronisation of Medupi […]
Gulf Energy and Centum to construct the US$ 2bn coal power plant in Lamu
Gulf Energy Limited and Centum Investment have been given the go ahead to construct a US$ 2bn coal power plant […]
KenGen seeks design, construction bids for power projects
Kenya Electricity Generating (KenGen) is seeking bids for the design and construction of two geothermal power plants with capacity totalling […]
New power plant on the cards for Ghana
Ghana is planning to set up a new 360-megawatt combined-cycle thermal power plant at the Inchaban in the Shama District […]
Thermax wins contract for captive power plant in Africa
This is the second order received by Thermax from the same African company. In October this year, Thermax was awarded […]
Another Majuba coal silo collapse on the cards?
Nearly a month after the catastrophic failure of the 10 000 t central coal-storage silo at its Majuba power plant, […]
Senegal targets 70% power capacity increase in 3 years
Senegal aims to increase its power generation capacity by over 70% in three years as it brings more sources of […]
Limpopo to get new R39bn power plant
A R39-billion power station to help ease South Africa’s energy demand is expected to be built in Limpopo near Musina […]
What could have happened at Majuba?
Accidents do happen, and Silo accidents can happen very suddenly – Concrete.TV interviewed Chemical Investigation Specialist, Simon Norton on his […]
KEPCO to build a nuclear power plant in Egypt
Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) has announced that South Korea has signed an MOU with Arab Contractors, a leader in […]
Kenya’s National Cement to construct a US$19.0m coal-fired power plant
Kenya’s National Cement is planning to construct a new coal-fired power plant in Kajiado in a bid to source power […]
Jaguar Overseas limited to rehabilitate Harare thermal power station
Indian industrial engineering firm Jaguar Overseas Limited has been awarded a tender to rehabilitate Harare Thermal Power station. Rehabilitation will […]
Five African countries to benefit from biogas plants
Africa Biogas Partnership Programme will help 1 million people get sustainable cheap energy through biogas Five African countries will benefit […]
Tanzania’s power link to Kenya, Zambia complete in 2015
Tanzania will complete a $455-million power transmission line next year linking its power grid to Kenya and Zambia, part of […]
