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The inaugural Global African Hydrogen Summit is slated for Windhoek, Namibia from 3-5 September 2024

Inaugural Global African Hydrogen Summit seeks to unite H2 leadershipLindsey Schutters

TotalEnergies and QatarEnergy explore South African Orange Basin

By America Hernandez and Ron Bousso 6 Mar 2024

A view shows solar panels at the green hydrogen proof-of-concept site in Vredendal. Source: Reuters/Esa Alexander

$1.3bn fund launched to build transmission lines across Southern Africa

By Wendell Roelf 5 Mar 2024

Zimbabwe power shortage to worsen as hydro plant halts generation

Zimbabwe power shortage to worsen as hydro plant halts generation

Nyasha Chingono 28 Nov 2022

India's Jindal wins bid to build Botswana's 300MW coal power plant

India's Jindal wins bid to build Botswana's 300MW coal power plant

Brian Benza 22 Nov 2022

COP27 will be remembered as a failure - here's what went wrong

COP27 will be remembered as a failure - here's what went wrong

Mark Maslin, Priti Parikh, Richard Taylor, Simon Chin-Yee 22 Nov 2022

COP27 must work out how to cut carbon and still develop African economies

COP27 must work out how to cut carbon and still develop African economies

Bethel Tarekegne 7 Nov 2022

How droughts are impacting the global energy mix and energy security

How droughts are impacting the global energy mix and energy security

Irene Lauro 4 Nov 2022

State of African Energy: 2023 Outlook report out now

State of African Energy: 2023 Outlook report out now

27 Oct 2022

LHWP Phase 2 Oxbow Hydropower Scheme underway

LHWP Phase 2 Oxbow Hydropower Scheme underway

27 Oct 2022

Analysis: Renewables shift lays bare Africa's energy dilemma

Analysis: Renewables shift lays bare Africa's energy dilemma

Bate Felix 20 Oct 2022

African countries to push for more fossil fuel projects at COP27

African countries to push for more fossil fuel projects at COP27

Wendell Roelf 5 Oct 2022

Starsight Energy, SolarAfrica announce merger

Starsight Energy, SolarAfrica announce merger

26 Sep 2022

Africa's first hydrogen power plant expected to produce electricity from 2024

Africa's first hydrogen power plant expected to produce electricity from 2024

13 Sep 2022

Botswana awards Norway's Scatec first large-scale solar plant contract

Botswana awards Norway's Scatec first large-scale solar plant contract

1 Sep 2022

Can we build net-zero data centres in Africa?

Can we build net-zero data centres in Africa?

Craig Blankers 14 Jul 2022

Southern Africa in prime position to become major green hydrogen exporter

Southern Africa in prime position to become major green hydrogen exporter

11 Jul 2022

AEC releases State of African Energy Q2, 2022 report

AEC releases State of African Energy Q2, 2022 report

7 Jul 2022

COP27 conference must advance African energy, development - officials

COP27 conference must advance African energy, development - officials

Noah Browning 24 Jun 2022

Russia seeks new fuel markets in Africa, Middle East as Europe turns away

Russia seeks new fuel markets in Africa, Middle East as Europe turns away

23 Jun 2022

Time is running out for Africa to profit from its gas, IEA says

Time is running out for Africa to profit from its gas, IEA says

Noah Browning 20 Jun 2022

Newly launched African Green Hydrogen Alliance aims to supercharge projects on the continent

Newly launched African Green Hydrogen Alliance aims to supercharge projects on the continent

30 May 2022

Europe seeking a million tonnes of coal annually from Botswana, says President Masisi

Europe seeking a million tonnes of coal annually from Botswana, says President Masisi

Wendell Roelf and Promit Mukherjee 11 May 2022

Renewable energy continued to grow, gain momentum in 2021

Renewable energy continued to grow, gain momentum in 2021

4 May 2022

Malawi solar mini-grid shows promise as way of electrifying rural Africa

Malawi solar mini-grid shows promise as way of electrifying rural Africa

Eldson Chagara 21 Apr 2022

Portugal's Galp says security a must in Mozambique to build LNG plants

Portugal's Galp says security a must in Mozambique to build LNG plants

Sergio Goncalves and Catarina Demony 8 Apr 2022

European, Asian coal users scramble for new sources ahead of EU Russia ban

European, Asian coal users scramble for new sources ahead of EU Russia ban

Nelson Banya and Sonali Paul 8 Apr 2022

Clean energy transition must be fast and fair, IPCC scientists say

Clean energy transition must be fast and fair, IPCC scientists say

Laurie Goering 5 Apr 2022

SA strikes deal to buy gas from Mozambique

SA strikes deal to buy gas from Mozambique

4 Apr 2022

Planting trees can help the climate, but only if we also stop burning fossil fuels

Planting trees can help the climate, but only if we also stop burning fossil fuels

H. Damon Matthews, Amy Luers and Kirsten Zickfeld 1 Apr 2022

$5.7tn investment in energy transition needed per year until 2030 - Irena outlook

$5.7tn investment in energy transition needed per year until 2030 - Irena outlook

29 Mar 2022

Biofuel: How new microalgae technologies can hasten the end of our reliance on oil

Biofuel: How new microalgae technologies can hasten the end of our reliance on oil

Callum Russell 29 Mar 2022

How Africa can ride the green wave and lift itself out of energy poverty

How Africa can ride the green wave and lift itself out of energy poverty

Sindy Peters 16 Mar 2022

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Zimbabwe power shortage to worsen as hydro plant halts generation

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India's Jindal wins bid to build Botswana's 300MW coal power plant

India's Jindal wins bid to build Botswana's 300MW coal power plant

Brian Benza 22 Nov 2022

COP27 will be remembered as a failure - here's what went wrong

COP27 will be remembered as a failure - here's what went wrong

Mark Maslin, Priti Parikh, Richard Taylor, Simon Chin-Yee 22 Nov 2022

COP27 must work out how to cut carbon and still develop African economies

COP27 must work out how to cut carbon and still develop African economies

Bethel Tarekegne 7 Nov 2022

How droughts are impacting the global energy mix and energy security

How droughts are impacting the global energy mix and energy security

Irene Lauro 4 Nov 2022

State of African Energy: 2023 Outlook report out now

State of African Energy: 2023 Outlook report out now

27 Oct 2022

LHWP Phase 2 Oxbow Hydropower Scheme underway

LHWP Phase 2 Oxbow Hydropower Scheme underway

27 Oct 2022

Analysis: Renewables shift lays bare Africa's energy dilemma

Analysis: Renewables shift lays bare Africa's energy dilemma

Bate Felix 20 Oct 2022

African countries to push for more fossil fuel projects at COP27

African countries to push for more fossil fuel projects at COP27

Wendell Roelf 5 Oct 2022

Starsight Energy, SolarAfrica announce merger

Starsight Energy, SolarAfrica announce merger

26 Sep 2022

Africa's first hydrogen power plant expected to produce electricity from 2024

Africa's first hydrogen power plant expected to produce electricity from 2024

13 Sep 2022

Botswana awards Norway's Scatec first large-scale solar plant contract

Botswana awards Norway's Scatec first large-scale solar plant contract

1 Sep 2022

Can we build net-zero data centres in Africa?

Can we build net-zero data centres in Africa?

Craig Blankers 14 Jul 2022

Southern Africa in prime position to become major green hydrogen exporter

Southern Africa in prime position to become major green hydrogen exporter

11 Jul 2022

AEC releases State of African Energy Q2, 2022 report

AEC releases State of African Energy Q2, 2022 report

7 Jul 2022

COP27 conference must advance African energy, development - officials

COP27 conference must advance African energy, development - officials

Noah Browning 24 Jun 2022

Russia seeks new fuel markets in Africa, Middle East as Europe turns away

Russia seeks new fuel markets in Africa, Middle East as Europe turns away

23 Jun 2022

Time is running out for Africa to profit from its gas, IEA says

Time is running out for Africa to profit from its gas, IEA says

Noah Browning 20 Jun 2022

Newly launched African Green Hydrogen Alliance aims to supercharge projects on the continent

Newly launched African Green Hydrogen Alliance aims to supercharge projects on the continent

30 May 2022

Europe seeking a million tonnes of coal annually from Botswana, says President Masisi

Europe seeking a million tonnes of coal annually from Botswana, says President Masisi

Wendell Roelf and Promit Mukherjee 11 May 2022

Renewable energy continued to grow, gain momentum in 2021

Renewable energy continued to grow, gain momentum in 2021

4 May 2022

Malawi solar mini-grid shows promise as way of electrifying rural Africa

Malawi solar mini-grid shows promise as way of electrifying rural Africa

Eldson Chagara 21 Apr 2022

Portugal's Galp says security a must in Mozambique to build LNG plants

Portugal's Galp says security a must in Mozambique to build LNG plants

Sergio Goncalves and Catarina Demony 8 Apr 2022

European, Asian coal users scramble for new sources ahead of EU Russia ban

European, Asian coal users scramble for new sources ahead of EU Russia ban

Nelson Banya and Sonali Paul 8 Apr 2022

Clean energy transition must be fast and fair, IPCC scientists say

Clean energy transition must be fast and fair, IPCC scientists say

Laurie Goering 5 Apr 2022

SA strikes deal to buy gas from Mozambique

SA strikes deal to buy gas from Mozambique

4 Apr 2022

Planting trees can help the climate, but only if we also stop burning fossil fuels

Planting trees can help the climate, but only if we also stop burning fossil fuels

H. Damon Matthews, Amy Luers and Kirsten Zickfeld 1 Apr 2022

$5.7tn investment in energy transition needed per year until 2030 - Irena outlook

$5.7tn investment in energy transition needed per year until 2030 - Irena outlook

29 Mar 2022

Biofuel: How new microalgae technologies can hasten the end of our reliance on oil

Biofuel: How new microalgae technologies can hasten the end of our reliance on oil

Callum Russell 29 Mar 2022

How Africa can ride the green wave and lift itself out of energy poverty

How Africa can ride the green wave and lift itself out of energy poverty

Sindy Peters 16 Mar 2022

How Africa can adopt renewable energy on a massive scale and save billions along the way

How Africa can adopt renewable energy on a massive scale and save billions along the way

Kenneth Engblom 15 Mar 2022

War in Ukraine is changing energy geopolitics

War in Ukraine is changing energy geopolitics

Scott L. Montgomery 11 Mar 2022

Russia's nuclear power exports: Will they stand the strain of the war in Ukraine?

Russia's nuclear power exports: Will they stand the strain of the war in Ukraine?

Hartmut Winkler 7 Mar 2022

Shell, BP and ExxonMobil have done business in Russia for decades - here's why they're leaving now

Shell, BP and ExxonMobil have done business in Russia for decades - here's why they're leaving now

Yan Anthea Zhang 4 Mar 2022

#AfricaEnergyIndaba: 'Africa must define its own just energy transition' - Mantashe

#AfricaEnergyIndaba: 'Africa must define its own just energy transition' - Mantashe

1 Mar 2022

An energy revolution is possible - but only if leaders get imaginative about how to fund it

An energy revolution is possible - but only if leaders get imaginative about how to fund it

Michael Grubb 20 Jan 2022

Source: © Image supplied. An aerial site view of the Enel Green Power’s (EGP) Ngonye solar plant

A first for sub-Saharan Africa: Zambia's sun-tracking solar panels

13 Jan 2022

People enjoy the water while container ships park near the El Ain El Sokhna port before entering the Suez Canal, Egypt, 25 September 2020. Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Suez Canal Economic Zone signs $2.6bn methanol plant contract

Nayera Abdallah 22 Dec 2021

Legacy energy infrastructure: The hidden threat to our climate

Legacy energy infrastructure: The hidden threat to our climate

Vladimir Milovanovic 9 Dec 2021

DLA Piper releases Africa Energy Futures: Horizon 2030 report

DLA Piper releases Africa Energy Futures: Horizon 2030 report

3 Dec 2021