The following panellists will be focusing on the growing interest in commercial and industrial (C&I) power solutions at the Africa Investment Exchange (AIX) Power & Renewables – London – 16 to 17 November 2022: Damilola Agbaje – Investment Director, African … Read More

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s premature return to South Africa from his UK state visit has underlined the extent of South Africa’s power problems, which are severe enough to have caused a serious political headache for the ANC. The position of embattled … Read More

The “Managing intermittency and guaranteeing baseload” session at the Africa Investment Exchange: Power & Renewables meeting at RSA House on 16-17 November is chaired by Joe Corbett, Technical Director, Gridworks. Panellists include: Daniel Amartey – Advisor to the CEO, GRIDCo Michael … Read More

Latest panellists in the green hydrogen session at the Africa Investment Exchange: Power & Renewables meeting at RSA House on 16-17 November include: Andreas Cremer – Director, Infrastructure & Energy, DEG Uri Epstein – Green Hydrogen Development, Fortescue Future Industries Tarik Hamane – … Read More

Although Africa is home to some of the world’s most abundant solar resources and struggles with some of the lowest electrification rates, the development of solar generation capacity across the continent has traditionally been hampered by investor perceptions of high … Read More

While the potential for battery storage to solve the central challenge of wind and solar intermittency is now widely understood, adoption in Africa, a continent abundant with natural energy resources, remains troublingly low. Short-term progress in this space is being constrained by both demand-and … Read More

Carbon credits have gained considerable global momentum in recent years, with trading volumes rising 164% in 2021 alone as both China and the UK launched trading schemes. So far, Africa – which is on the frontline of the consequences of … Read More

African Energy will be hosting a post-election online roundtable discussion on 20 September, with contributions from AIIM and FMO, as part of our monthly AIX membership programme. The discussion will look at: What the election means for the liberalisation agenda. … Read More

There is widespread recognition that baseload power will remain essential for balancing the grid against the additions of intermittent renewable power – particularly in the midst of Africa’s continuing fast-paced urbanisation. Utilising Africa’s massive hydropower potential seems a natural solution, … Read More