Saudi Arabia-based ACWA Power aims to close financing for South Africa’s 100MW Redstone concentrated solar power (CSP) thermal plant in July 2016
Energy
Italy’s Salini Impregilo to build US$2.8bn dam in Ethiopia
Italian construction company Salini Impregilo has won a contract to build a hydroelectric plant for state-owned utility firm Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP)
South Africa to invest in nuclear power programme
South Africa is set to invest between US$60bn to US$70bn over the next 15 years on construction a fleet of new nuclear power stations
52 companies seek to invest in Tanzanian power sector
Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has announced that the government has received applications from 52 companies intending to invest in electricity generation projects in the country
Caterpillar launches hybrid microgrid solutions
Caterpillar has announced it has launched Cat Microgid technology, a suite of power systems