Infrastructure News

Renewable energy in Kenya has received a boost following investment from Spain.

Lake Turkana Wind Power is Africa's largest wind power project, The East African reports.

The Spanish government's boost of $150 million (£100...

The Franco-Tunisian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CTFCI) organized a debate on 24 February at its Tunis location on the Tunisian Solar Power Plan (PST).

This includes a large number of renewable energy projects over the...

The World Bank has granted a loan of 116.7 million Dollars to finance a project for upgrading electricity infrastructures in the DRC.

This financing, the agreement for which was signed on 18 February 2010, will come within the...

The World Bank announced last Tuesday in Rabat that its allocation to Morocco is going to increase from 300 to 600 million Dollars per year as from 2010.

This financing forms part of the strategic partnership framework (SPF)...

Kenya should be able to mobilise between 500 million and one billion Dollars from its first sale of international bonds to help finance projects involving renewable sources of energy. According to Prime Minister Raila Odinga, the...

A major oil new refinery could be built in South Africa but decisions must be made immediately.

This is according to PetroSA, whose vice-president of new ventures Jorn Falbe spoke at the Sandton energy conference yesterday...

A solar-powered electricity generating station with a power of 1 MW is going to be constructed in Morocco, financed by Japan to the amount of 7.4 million Dollars.

The plant is scheduled to go into service in 2011, and should...

Senegal and South Korea have announced their intention to co-operate in the infrastructure sector, in particular by way of a project involving the construction of a coal-fired power station with a capacity of 250 MW.

Karim Wade,...

The managing director of Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) has said that regional cooperation would be key to achieving sustainable and affordable electricity supply.

Joseph Njoroge was quoted by the Daily Nation as saying...

The Lake Turkana Wind Power project consortium (LTWP) will supply the Kenya Power Lighting Company with 300 MW following what is said to be the single largest Foreign Direct Investment by a private entity in the country in recent...

The Rwandan government has signed an agreement to receive a $60 million line of credit from the Exim Bank of India to finance the construction of the Nyabarongo hydro power project.

Collette Uwineza Ruhamya, State minister for...

More than 40,000 homes in Rwanda are tipped to benefit from a rural electrification project with Tunisia.

Electrogaz and STEG International Services signed the bilateral partnership agreement adopting a single phase electricity...

Morocco has launched a solar-thermal energy project it claims will be able to produce 2,000MW by 2020 - 38 per cent of its power needs.

North Africa's only non-oil producing nation also anticipates being able to decrease its oil...

Minister of power Dr Lanre Babalola has stated Nigeria will need a "consistent and sustained" investment of $10 billion (£6.2 billion) over the next ten years to achieve its electricity generation target of...

The governments of Cameroon and China have signed a loan agreement through the Exim Bank of China for the execution of the Mekin hydro-electric plant for FCFA 22 billion (£30 million).

Building a dam on the River Dja capable...

The minister of power Dr Lanre Babalola announced at a press conferences this week that the Nigerian government had undertaken 1,106 energy projects in a bid to boost electricity availability in the country.

He stated 428 of...

In news that could be of interest to investors seeking public private partnership opportunities in Rwanda, the parliament has created a new regulatory body affecting the water and electricity sectors.

Replacing the Rwanda...

South African power company Eskom has negotiated some €1.185 million (£1.067 million) with five French banks to fund the Medupi and Kusile turbines.

The money will be awarded in the form of a fixed-interest rate loan,...

Hydro power stations and improved electricity infrastructure will be the priorities of energy company Zesco in the coming year.

Some $200 million (£125 million) has already been earmarked to generate 100 megawatts through...

The Kenya Investment Authority has said the country needs to develop alternative energy sources - and it needs public private partnerships (PPP) to do this.

Managing director Susan Kikawai urged investors to focus on localised...