Infrastructure News

Creamer Media's Engineering News - March 27, 2012

Fossil fuels will continue to dominate Africa’s energy mix in the next three to five decades, but their depletion should be envisaged in the second half of the century, World...

Reuters - March 28, 2012

Cameroon has reached financing agreements totalling 52.89-billion CFA francs with two regional banks for the construction of the Lom Pangar hydroelectricity project, a decree signed by the government...

Bloomberg - March 28, 2012

Power-station coal prices may not rise much above $100 a metric ton on average this year, said the head of thermal coal at Anglo American Plc (AAL), which operates the Cerrejon mine with BHP Billiton...

allAfrica.com - March 29, 2012

Officials from the China Development Bank (CDB) are offering to finance a substantial part of the Conakry government's US$8.6 billion overhaul of mining and industrial infratructure, according to...

Une centrale nucléaire va être construite au Kenya en 2022, a-t-on appris lundi de source gouvernementale.

Le président exécutif du Comité sur le projet d’électricité...

allAfrica.com - March 27, 2012

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Deals to watch

Ethiopia: The government is seeking investors to help develop a new rail network in the country, according to Mesfin Wubeshet, adviser to the minister of industry. Mr...

Selon une nouvelle étude réalisée par la Commission économique des Nations unies pour l’Afrique et la Commission de l’Union africaine, l’Afrique devra investir 93 milliards de dollars par an dans les infrastructures pour stimuler...

New York Times - March 19, 2012

Excerpt:The state power utility only reaches a fraction of the 1.2 million who live in Hargeisa, and the rest is provided privately at great expense. Piped water is also scarce, and secondary...

Renewable Energy World.com - March 20, 2012

Researchers at PV Insider have completed work on the PV Plants Map South Africa 2012, which details the size and location of 18 PV projects that successfully won bids in the first...

AFRIbiz - March 20, 2012

One conclusion drawn from the annual ‘Africa Oil Week’, held in Cape Town, South Africa, between 31 October and 4 November 2011, was that the East African region holds great potential for investment...

BBC News - March 19, 2012

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Statoil and its American partner Exxon Mobil have made the biggest offshore discovery yet of gas reserves off the coast of Tanzania.

The Zafarani field, which both companies hope will be...

Yale Global online - March 19, 2012

In the developed world, fossil fuels like oil have become synonymous with economic growth. The African continent, however, tells a different tale. The cost of importing oil has led to...

PR.com - March 22, 2012 

Johannesburg, South Africa: The Department of Energy will once again support the annual African Utility Week conference and exhibition as host ministry. The event, which runs from 21-24 May at...

AFRIbiz - March 22, 2012

BAMAKO, Mali, March 20, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A three-day ECOWAS Bio-energy Forum is underway in the Malian capital, Bamako as part of efforts to support the...

allAfrica.com - March 22, 2012

Green leasing, which sees building owners and tenants introduce sustainable practices into building operations to mutual advantage, has taken off internationally. In South Africa, however,...

Creamer Media's Engineering News - March 22, 2012

Construction group Basil Read confirmed on Thursday that it, together with partners, had submitted a solar photovoltaic (PV) bid under the Department of Energy’s second...

Forbes - March 22, 2012

The European Commission put its first operational weight behind funding solar energy efforts across the Southern Mediterranean this month with the announcement that they would now offer up funding for...

Mail & Guardian online - March 23, 2012

The six new nuclear reactors envisaged in South Africa's energy road map are likely to cost between R322-billion and R712-billion to build and finance, but the total could spiral ...

Le gouvernement ivoirien a identifié 170 projets d'infrastructures dans le secteur des mines et de l'énergie qui vont nécessiter un investissement de 31 milliards de dollars sur les 20 prochaines...

L'Ile Maurice bénéficiera d'une alimentation supplémentaire de 60 mégawats d'ici la fin du mois de juillet, a déclaré le président du conseil d'administration de la...