http://www.afrepren.org/atom/news.xml Latest Energy News 2009-05-18T09:30:02Z http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Nigeria:_Nigeria_to_Generate_Power_to_Increase_Productivity Concerned about the low productivity at all levels of the economy, President Umar Musa Yar’ Adua has promised to improve on power generation to industries to enhance productivity, owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) 2009-05-18T09:30:02Z http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Kenya:_Wind_Power_Firm_Seeks_Tenders A firm putting up a wind farm in North Western Kenya said it was seeking construction tenders for a 428 Km power line and four substations to connect the renewable power to the national grid. owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) 2009-05-18T09:30:02Z http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Nigeria:_Power_Generation_Now_5000_MW,_Says_FG_ Nigeria has moved closer to its December target of 6,000 MW as the current power generation has hit 5,000 MW. owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) 2009-05-18T09:30:02Z http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Tunisia:_Domestic_Production_of_Energy Tunisian Company of Electricity and Gas (STEG) has announced the launch of a project called "Solar Roofs", which allows individuals to produce and sell their own electricity from solar photovoltaic panels. owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) 2009-05-18T09:30:02Z http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#South_Africa:_Another_125-Turbine_Wind_Farm_in_the_Pipeline_for_SA_ An environmental impact assessment (EIA) is currently being conducted for a new wind farm in South Africa that could see the installation of 125 wind turbines in the Western Cape region. owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) 2009-05-12T09:30:02Z http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#SUganda:_Tower_Resources_to_Drill_More_Oil_Wells_in_Uganda_ Tower Resources, one of the firms exploring oil in the Albertine valley, is to drill more oil wells next month. owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) 2009-05-12T09:30:02Z http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#South_Africa:_SA_Achieved_Power_Savings_of_800_MW_in_2008/9__ South Africa, which is battling chronic power shortages and low spare capacity, saved about 800 MW in the 2008/09 financial year. owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) 2009-05-12T09:30:02Z http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Kenya:_KenGen_to_Focus_on_Geothermal_to_Boost_Power Kenya's leading Power Producer is seeking a total of USD5 Billion over the next 10 years to develop the largely untapped geothermal potential in east Africa's biggest economy to boost power supply. owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) 2009-05-12T09:30:02Z http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Ghana:_Ghana_Gets_USD600m_Power_Plant Ghana’s struggle to attain energy sufficiency has been given a big boost following the completion of the first phase of an estimated USD600 Million owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) 2009-05-12T09:30:02Z http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Uganda:_Rural_Power_Gets_USD13b Power supply lines have been extended to Kagadi in Kibale district to supply electricity which will enable the processing of agricultural products. owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) 2009-05-12T09:30:02Z http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Rwanda:_World_Bank_to_Loan_Rwanda_$70_Million_ The World Bank plans to loan $70 million to Rwanda to help expand the Central African Nation's electricity grid, the bank has said. owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) 2009-05-12T09:30:02Z http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#South_Africa:_New_Feed-In_Tariffs_to_Inspire_Renewables_Projects_ Energy regulator the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) has approved the Renewable Energy Feed-In Tariff (Refit) guidelines. owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) 2009-05-12T09:30:02Z http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Nigeria:_Legislator_Aides_USD_2M_Electrification_Project_ A member of the House of Representatives, representing Bursari/Geidam/Yunusari Federal Constituency of Yobe state, Alhaji Lawan, owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) 2009-05-07T09:30:02Z http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Uganda:_Bunyoro_Hopes_of_Oil_Wealth_Rise_as_Colonial_Treaty_is_found The Bunyoro region’s hopes of getting a lion’s share of the oil wealth from recent discoveries in the region now hinge on a 54-year-old colonial era agreement that assigned the kingdom a substantial share of proceeds from any mineral wealth exploited on its territory. owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) 2009-05-07T09:30:02Z http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Tanzania:_Ministers_Join_Intense_Lobbying_to_Evict_Ewura,_Allowing_Songas_to_Increase_Its_Tariffs Internal lobbying by powerful figures is currently underway to allow Songas to increase its gas tariffs to finance drilling of more wells in Kilwa. owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) 2009-05-07T09:30:02Z http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Algeria:_New_Discovery_Confirms_Algeria_Major_Potential_ Repsol has made a new gas find in Algeria, in an area considered of strategic importance for the company. owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) 2009-05-07T09:30:02Z http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Kenya:_Communities_to_Sell_Power_to_National_Grid_ Communities producing hydro-power will start selling excess electricity to the national grid. owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) 2009-05-07T09:30:02Z http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Nigeria:_AFREN_Raises_$126m_for_Nigerian_Oil_Project_ Oil and gas company AFREN Plc has raised 84.8 Million pounds ($126 Million), owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) 2009-05-07T09:30:02Z http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#South_Africa:_South_Africa_Introduces_Feed-In_Tariff_for_Renewable_Energies_ The Energy Regulator of South Africa has approved the Renewable Energy Feed-In Tariff guidelines for the country. owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) 2009-05-07T09:30:02Z