The first-ever fully digital high voltage substation on the African continent in Thiès, just outside Dakar in Senegal, has recently been commissioned.
Xi tells UN China will stop funding coal projects overseas
United Nations (United States) (AFP) China will stop funding coal projects overseas, President Xi Jinping said Tuesday, ending a major source of support for a dirty energy contributing to climate change. Addressing the UN General Assembly, Xi made the promise as he vowed to accelerate efforts to help the world...
Analysing different rural electrification approaches in Ghana
Dr Basil Amuzu-Sefordzi, a postgrad research fellow at UWA AfREC, the University of Western Australia writes about how renewable energy projects in rural Ghana have some built-in limitations and how to circumvent them.
Petroleum Commission rolls out training for 150 graduates – under the AOGC programme at TTU
The AOGC programme which is spearheaded by the Petroleum Commission, aims to develop the requisite technical skills for the country’s upstream oil & gas and other extractive industries, and also serves as a major boost for the country’s draft localization policy.
Aker energy partner Lukoil raises issue with GNPC’s move to increase oil bloc shares
Russian energy company, Lukoil, has expressed some misgivings about the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation’s (GNPC) planned acquisition of stakes in Aker Energy and AGM Petroleum Ghana.
Sunon Asogli ranked 1st among 5 shortlisted firms bidding for construction of 350MW power plant in Cameroon
Independent Power Producer, Sunon Asogli Power Limited has been shortlisted among five companies by the Cameroonian government to bid for the construction of 350 megawatts of electricity plant in the Central African country.
Modelling Africa’s Continental Power Systems Master Plan
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) will collaborate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as a modelling partner for the development of the African Continental Power Systems Master Plan (CMP).