http://www.afrepren.org Latest Energy News en-us Copyright 2008 AFREPREN/FWD Tue, 02 June 2009 11:08 PST The strong, consistent winds that for centuries have powered the wooden Jangada fishing boats off Brazil's northern coast are now making the area the center of the country's fastest-growing energy sector. http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Brazil:_Fresh_Wind_Blows_through_the_Energy_Sector_in_Brazil owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) Tue, 02 June 2009 11:08 PST East African countries will have a joint power network as a policy to strengthen regional integration. http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#East_Africa:_Region_to_Have_Joint_Power_Network owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) Tue, 26 May 2009 11:08 PST Iran has agreed to fund the entire value chain of Uganda’s oil production. Iran will also jointly fund the construction of an oil refinery in Uganda. http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Uganda:_Iran_to_Fund_Oil_Processing_In_Uganda owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) Tue, 26 May 2009 11:08 PST Standard Bank and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) will finance the expansion of a coal power station in Botswana for USD825 Million over 20 years. http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Botswana:_Standard_Bank,_ICBC_to_Fund_Botswana_Power_Plant owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) Tue, 26 May 2009 11:08 PST Sub-Saharan Africa is in dire need of additional power generation capacity and would have to invest about USD563 Billion over the next quarter of a century to avert a looming crisis. http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Africa:_USD563_Billion_Needed_for_African_Power_Projects_over_Next_25_Years owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) Tue, 26 May 2009 11:08 PST Kenya needs to invest at least USD4.5 Billion annually in power generation over the next 10 years if the country is to meet its electricity needs as envisioned in Vision 2030. http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Kenya:_USD4.5_Billion_Needed_for_Electricity owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) Tue, 26 May 2009 11:08 PST In the struggle to eliminate the possibility of creating a food supply crisis by producing an alternative fuel source from biofuels, http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#World:_Do_the_Emerging_Biofuel_Technologies_Offer_a_Way_around_the_Food-Versus-Fuel_Dilemma_ owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) Tue, 26 May 2009 11:08 PST Italian Bioenergy Consultancy Company, Agroils aims to produce 100 000 tons of Biofuel from jatropha plant by 2018 in Africa and Brazil where it works together with local farmers. http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Africa:_Italian_Firm_Aims_to_Make_Jatropha_Fuel_in_Africa__ owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) Tue, 26 May 2009 11:08 PST Current power shortfalls are set to ease with the provision of a Sh5.8 Billion loan to the Government by the African Development Bank for a 450 kilometer - long power transmission project between Mombasa and Nairobi. http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Kenya:_Power_Shortages_Set_to_Ease owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) Tue, 26 May 2009 11:08 PST Uganda plans to go-ahead with the construction of a mini-refinery for the East African Nation's 2 Billion barrels of crude reserves after previously ruling the idea out, Simon D'Ujanga, the State Energy Minister said. http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Uganda:_Uganda_to_Build_Mini_Oil_Refinery owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) Tue, 19 May 2009 11:08 PST 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, http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Nigeria:_Nigeria_to_Generate_Power_to_Increase_Productivity owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) Mon, 18 May 2009 11:08 PST 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. http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Kenya:_Wind_Power_Firm_Seeks_Tenders owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) Mon, 18 May 2009 11:08 PST Nigeria has moved closer to its December target of 6,000 MW as the current power generation has hit 5,000 MW. http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Nigeria:_Power_Generation_Now_5000_MW,_Says_FG_ owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) Mon, 18 May 2009 11:08 PST 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. http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Tunisia:_Domestic_Production_of_Energy owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) Mon, 18 May 2009 11:08 PST 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. http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#South_Africa:_Another_125-Turbine_Wind_Farm_in_the_Pipeline_for_SA_ owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) Tue, 12 May 2009 11:08 PST Tower Resources, one of the firms exploring oil in the Albertine valley, is to drill more oil wells next month. http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Uganda:_Tower_Resources_to_Drill_More_Oil_Wells_in_Uganda_ owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) Tue, 12 May 2009 11:08 PST A Canadian firm, Bedford Biofuels, has become the latest foreign investor eyeing land in the Tana Delta to plant jatropha trees for a biofuels project. http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Kenya:_Canadian_Company_Eyes_Tana_Delta_for_Biofuel_Projects owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) Thu, 07 May 2009 11:08 PST A Canadian firm, Bedford Biofuels, has become the latest foreign investor eyeing land in the Tana Delta to plant jatropha trees for a biofuels project. http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Kenya:_Canadian_Company_Eyes_Tana_Delta_for_Biofuel_Projects owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) Thu, 07 May 2009 14:08 PST 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. http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Kenya:_KenGen_to_Focus_on_Geothermal_to_Boost_Power owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) Tue, 05 May 2009 14:08 PST 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 http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Ghana:_Ghana_Gets_USD600m_Power_Plant owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) Tue, 05 May 2009 14:08 PST Power supply lines have been extended to Kagadi in Kibale district to supply electricity which will enable the processing of agricultural products. http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Uganda:_Rural_Power_Gets_USD13b owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) Tue, 05 May 2009 14:08 PST he World Bank plans to loan $70 million to Rwanda to help expand the Central African Nation's electricity grid, the bank has said. http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Rwanda:_World_Bank_to_Loan_Rwanda_$70_Million_ owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:20 PST Energy regulator the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) has approved the Renewable Energy Feed-In Tariff (Refit) guidelines. http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#South_Africa:_New_Feed-In_Tariffs_to_Inspire_Renewables_Projects_ owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:20 PST A member of the House of Representatives, representing Bursari/Geidam/Yunusari Federal Constituency of Yobe state, Alhaji Lawan, http://www.afrepren.org/news.htm#Nigeria:_Legislator_Aides_USD_2M_Electrification_Project_ owino.nicholas@gmail.com (Nicholas Owino) Fri, 08 May 2009 00:20 PST