The Ministry of Electricity, Iraq recently announced that the majority of work on interconnection lines connecting Iraq and Kuwait has been completed. This has been achieved with the completion of the Faw 1 and Faw Abu Flous 2...
Read MoreThe Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), a subsidiary of ZESA Holdings, has recently announced that due to depressed generation on the grid and rising electricity demand, the number of blackouts in...
Read MoreThe French Development Agency (AFD) and European Union (EU) have signed a grant agreement worth EUR25 million with the Nigerian government for the development of the Northern Corridor Project. The project is being implemented by...
Read MoreLiberia is taking steps to connect to the West African Power Pool (WAPP) TRANSCO CLSG interconnection project—a multi-donor-supported project intended to increase electricity access for rural communities in the border regions of...
Read MoreEtihad Water and Electricity (EWE), owned by the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) sovereign wealth fund—the Emirates Investment Authority, and Ducab Group have announced a collaboration aimed at strengthening the country's power...
Read MoreOman’s high voltage grid developer Oman Electricity Transmission Company (OETC), and Portuguese grid operator Redes Energeticas Nacionais (REN) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to conduct training exercises to...
Read MoreA massive power outage was observed across the Omani capital of Muscat on September 5, 2022, impacting energy, telecom, aviation and other sectors, besides residential consumers. Officials from Oman’s high voltage grid...
Read MoreA fire broke out at the Adiabo 330/132/33 kV substation in Cross River state on September 3, 2022. The cause of the fire is still unknown and an investigation is underway to ascertain the same. Transmission Company of Nigeria...
Read MoreThe Egyptian government is mulling cooperation with the Greek energy and infrastructure player Copelouzos Group, to set up an interconnector serving Egypt, Greece, and the African and European continents.
Read MoreIran has inaugurated the 90-km, 400 kV Heris-Meghri power transmission line to Armenia, to facilitate electricity trade between both countries.
Read MoreEgyptian electrical company Elsewedy Electric Co S.A.E has recently announced that its subsidiary Elsewedy Electric for Trading and Distribution has signed two new contracts with the state-owned utility, Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company.
Read MoreNorwegian energy company Magnora has received the environmental permit to build a 260 MW solar and a battery energy storage system in South Africa.
Read MoreThe USD4.8 million Al Ramah substation was recently inaugurated in Al Ramah, Jordan, north of the Dead Sea, which has doubled the amount of electricity that the country exports to the West Bank in Palestine.
Read MoreGhana’s state-owned Volta River Authority (VRA) has inaugurated the 13 MW Kaleo solar power project on August 24, 2022, which will eventually be expanded to 28 MW.
Read MoreZambia’s Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) has proposed the construction of a 26.8-km, 66 kV transmission line connecting the Dangote substation to Lonshi Mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Read MoreSouth African utility Eskom has paid SARD34.7 million to replace 75 out of 118 substations, and over SAR2.2 million to replace 38 transformers in Soweto.
Read MoreNamibia’s power utility NamPower is progressing well on the construction of the 287-km, 400 kV Auas–Gerus transmission line, which will run from the Auas substation near Dordabis, to the Gerus substation near Otjiwarongo.
Read MoreTransmission Company of Nigeria’s (TCN) employees shut down several key components of the national grid on August 17, 2022 causing blackouts across the country.
Read MoreThe Saudi Electric Company (SEC) has raised over USD3.56 billion to support its long-term growth and the development of a Saudi Arabia–Egypt electricity interconnection project.
Read MoreThe Saudi Electric Company (SEC) has awarded a contract for the expansion of the 380 kV Shoaibah PV substation to South Korean company, Hyundai Engineering & Construction, for USD96.3 million.
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