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COP27 provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity to lay foundations for Africa’s clean energy future – finds Wärtsilä report
Pathways for Africa’s Energy Future,’ a report from the technology group Wärtsilä, provides power system modelling of three African countries, Nigeria, South Africa and Mozambique. It finds that they can leapfrog some developed nations by not embedding inflexible fossil fuel-based systems.
AEF 2022: South Africa’s IPP Office announces REIPPPP BW6 Request for Proposals
As the world talks about the energy transition, organizer of the popular Africa Energy Forum (AEF), EnergyNet Limited, has disclosed that South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE), through its IPP Office has recently announced the REIPPPP BW6 Request for Proposals (RFP).
South Africa needs over 28 GW of flexibility to reach 100% renewables at lowest cost
The technology group Wärtsilä has highlighted a striking need to scale up flexibility in South Africa, in the form of energy storage and flexible gas technology, to enable a 100% renewable energy future.
‘Mozambique holds the key to Southern Africa’s clean energy transition’
With its massive gas reserves and billions of dollars of investment flowing in to monetize them, Mozambique has a unique opportunity to deploy a flexible power strategy that will bring major benefits across both its domestic and regional electricity markets.
Is South Africa heading to a gas-powered future?
The ambitious Integrated Resource Plan may struggle to convince investors and overcome vested interests. The reality could include a far greater dependence on gas than envisaged. The South African energy sector is in desperate need of investment and reform—with state power utility Eskom as its emblematic, dysfunctional centerpiece—while potentially transformative discoveries await development. South Africa…
South Africa, South Sudan sign exploration and production sharing agreement
The agreement is the second EPSA signed since South Sudan gained independence in 2012 and shows progress for the country’s oil industry as production resumes at existing oilfields and new exploration begins. According to the ESI Africa, the deal will see Block B2 operated by state-owned Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF), the Ministry of Petroleum and…