Energy Transition

KEY POINTS Even as Eskom enhances performance and lessens load-shedding, the biggest corporations in South Africa are increasing their investments in renewable energy projects and shifting billions of dollars to …

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 …