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Electricity Ministry Seeks to Achieve 25% Energy Surplus
According to Daily News Egypt, the Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Mohamed Shaker, said that the energy sector seeks to achieve an electricity surplus of up to 25% in the coming summer period with high d...
Ghana Resolving Electricity Supply Deficit ahead of Elections
Ghana’s government said it had added power generation capacity to its national grid in an attempt to fix electricity supply deficit that caused years of frequent blackouts hurting businesses, Reuters reported. A...
Low Water Levels Hit Zimbabwean Power Generation
More blackouts and low industrial production are imminent in Zimbabwe as the output from a major source of hydro electric power drops to critical levels, AllAfrica reported. Lake Kariba is a huge man-made reservoir wh...
South African Power-Coal Dispute Enters New Phase
In the latest developments concerning the Eskom-Gelcore dispute in South Africa, power supplier Eskom announced on Wednesday that it now insists on compensation from Glencore’s mining subsidiary Optimum, if it i...
Blackouts Minimized through Maintenance, LNG Imports
Electricity blackouts have decreased this summer compared to previous summers, as the government received fuel supplies for power stations, Ministry of Electricity spokesperson Mohamed Al-Yamani told Daily News Egypt ...
Eskom Expands Rolling Blackouts
South African power utility Eskom expanded rolling blackouts for a second straight day to the “Stage Three” level on Wednesday, meaning it needs to cut 4,000 megawatts from household and industrial consume...
Gas Demand in Nigeria Drives Growth at Seplat
Nigerian energy company Seplat (SEPLAT.LG) expects its gas business to contribute around a third to its profits over the next two years, up from less than 10 percent today, as demand for electricity generation in Afri...
South Africa’s Eskom Continues Second Day of Rolling Blackouts
South African power utility Eskom implemented a second day of “Stage 2” pervasive blackouts to ease the burden on the national grid, build up diesel supplies and gather water reserves in hydropower dams, reported Reut...
Eskom Cancels Plans to Rotate Blackouts in South Africa
South Africa’s power utility canceled plans to start rotating power cuts on Tuesday morning after households and businesses reduced demand, minimizing strain on the grid. Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., which provides 95 per...Page 1 of 1
