Energy Transition

KEY POINTS Another significant step has been taken in the pursuit of liquefied petroleum gas by Nigeria’s state oil company, NNPC, and Sahara Group, its longstanding private partner. Their joint …

KEY POINTS New Hampshire Capital, one of Nigeria’s leading Meter Asset Providers, has rolled out fresh pricing for prepaid meters under the federal government’s Meter Asset Provider (MAP) scheme with …

KEY POINTS By requesting a license to purchase and sell electricity directly from a sizable solar project in the Free State, the South African banking group Investec is taking a …

KEY POINTS As part of its continuous efforts to stabilize the nation’s unstable electrical grid and lessen its dependency on aging coal-fired plants, South Africa’s troubled power company Eskom has …

KEY POINTS An important milestone in Asia’s shift to low-carbon transportation fuels has been reached with the start of construction on the nation’s first large-scale facility for the production of …

KEY POINTS Both business titans and political leaders are criticizing South Africa’s power monopoly for attempting to block a crucial energy reform in court, which they say could jeopardize plans …

KEY POINTS Elektron Finance SPV Plc, the financing arm of Nigeria’s Elektron Energy Development Strategies, is stepping into the debt market with a bold N200 billion bond programme, betting big …

KEY POINTS MainPower Electricity Distribution Limited blames “code coverage conflicts” and other technical issues for the frequent blackouts that have affected parts of Enugu. These issues make it challenging to …

KEY POINTS Dr. Sam Amadi leans forward, palms flat on the table. “Predictable surprise,” he calls it. The former chairman of Nigeria’s Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) isn’t mincing words about …

KEY POINTS With an R4.4 billion investment plan, Octopus Energy, the British renewable energy behemoth known for providing thousands of households with free electricity, is aiming to accelerate Sub-Saharan Africa’s …