Electricity | Egypt Oil & Gas - Part 13
Nigeria’s Gas Producers Threaten Force Majeure
Nigeria's gas producers threatened to declare force majeure over the inability of Generation Companies (Gencos) to settle outstanding arrears of over $630m for supplying gas to its power plants.
AfDB to Run Nigeria’s Power Company
African Development Bank's (AfDB) energy expert, Usman Gor Mohammed, was appointed to run Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), owned by Nigeria’s Power Ministry, in attempts to enhance the current power situation i ...
Egypt Invests EGP 29b in Electricity Projects
Egypt Invests in Electricity Transmission Projects to strengthen Electricity Grid.
Ethiopia Inaugurated New Hydropower Plant
Ethiopia inaugurated a $1.57b hydropower plant along the Omo River in the country's south region that will nearly double total electricity output to 4,238MW.
Rwanda to Develop 80MW Power Plant
Rwanda signed a new deal that seeks to develop an 80MW peat power plant to boost the country's ambitious target of achieving 70% of access to electricity by 2019.
Nigeria, GE Sign Solar Power Plant MoU
The Northern States Governors’ Forum and the General Electric (GE) International signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the construction of five solar plants, which would generate 500MW of electricity in some ...
Algeria to Keep Power, Gas Prices Stable
Algeria will not increase the price of electricity and gas during the reminder of 2016.
GE to Operate Iraqi 3 GW Power Plant
GE has signed a multiyear $520m agreement in Iraq with Mass Energy Group Holding. The contract includes operation and maintenance services, as well as GE’s advanced digital industrial solutions for the 3.0 GW gas-fir ...
