In a bid to improve emergency power supply facilities, the Nigerian government has signed an agreement with Japan requiring the latter to provide a grant worth US$11mn for the upgrade of two substations in the Federal Territory (FCT) and Nasarawa states
Energy
ArcelorMittal looks for power producer to build new plant
ArcelorMittal South Africa is looking for an independent power producer (IPP) to build an 800MW gas-fired power station at its Saldanha Steel Works
Egypt to discuss electricity agenda
Egypt’s government, regulators and public sector stakeholders will discuss the role of DFIs and the private sector to fund and build 30GW of electricity generation, transmission and distribution projects at the Egypt Energy Investment Summit
Tanzania plans to install 10,000 biogas plants by 2017
Tanzania, along with the governments of Norway and the Netherlands, is planning to install 10,000 biogas plants by 2017
Promising 'New Deal on Energy' for Africa
African Development Bank will manage Africas New Deal on Energy along with investing US$12bn in energy funding over the next five years