African heads of state have endorsed 15 energy projects worth US$40.5bn that will be implemented before the end of the decade in a bid to increase energy access across the continent
Power Generation
ABB to renovate Mozambique’s power converter station
Power company ABB has won a contract worth US$50mn from South Africas Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB) to renovate Mozambiques Songo high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter station
Shell may shut down Afam power station
Shell said it may shut down its Afam power station due to a fire on the company’s Bomu-Bonny trunk line that was gutted on 30 September 2012
Blackstone commissions hydroelectric power station in Uganda
New York-based investment and advisory firm, Blackstone Group LP, has commissioned the Bujagali Hydroelectric Power Station in Uganda
Zimbabwe acquires fluorescent lamps to save energy
Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) has acquired more than a million energy-saver bulbs in an attempt to conserve power