JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, May 8, 2025/ — With 2.5 gigawatts-peak (GWp) of solar capacity added across Africa in 2024 and 194.34 GWp expected in 2025, the continent is fast becoming a global hotspot for solar [Read more]
This article was published by the International Energy Agency on April 13, 2025. New IEA report highlights Kenya’s strong progress in expanding access to electricity and clean cooking driven by robust policies and targeted infrastructure [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 13, 2025. By Gaye Taylor Hope and scepticism are both running high in the wake of a historic US$35-billion commitment by African leaders and a [Read more]
This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Nov. 5, 2024. New IEA report finds strong potential to deliver quality jobs and economic growth with supportive policies that unlock strategic investments in clean [Read more]
This article was published by the International Energy Agency on June 15, 2024. Meeting growing energy demand in Africa requires a surge of spending on clean energy projects, with swift action to tackle financial barriers [Read more]
This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on May 29, 2024. By Kimberly Peterson, Eric Han After years of either declining or stable domestic natural gas production, the Republic of the Congo, [Read more]
This article was published by the International Renewable Energy Agency on April 18, 2024. Deploying renewable energy is key for Africa to achieve climate goals and meet its massive economic and development needs. Despite being [Read more]
This story is a co-publication by Grist and The Examination, a new nonprofit newsroom specializing in global public health reporting and was published on Dec. 4, 2023. Will Fitzgibbon, The Examination At noon, dusk, and [Read more]
This article was published by Grist on Nov. 7, 2023. By Saqib Rahim The Komati coal-fired power plant, located 88 miles east of Johannesburg in South Africa’s coal heartland, has been called the flagship of the [Read more]
This article was published by the International Renewable Energy Agency on Oct. 9, 2023. By Francesco La Camera With 80 per cent of the world’s population without access to electricity residing in Sub-Saharan Africa, it is [Read more]
Cape Town 18th October 2023 – The African upstream oil and gas sector is in the middle of an US$800 billion capital expenditure (capex) programme that will see liquified natural gas (LNG) emerge as a [Read more]
This article was published by the International Energy Agency on June 20, 2022. Today’s crippling spikes in energy prices underscore the urgency and the benefits for African countries of accelerating the scale up of cheaper [Read more]
This article was published by Thomson Reuters Foundation on March 28, 2022. * Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. by Deborah Ramalope Africa has [Read more]
This article was published by IRENA on Jan. 14, 2022. Abu Dhabi, UAE, 14 January 2022 – An integrated policy framework built around the energy transition could bring a wave of new sustainable energy investment to [Read more]
By Ari Kahan This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Oct. 14, 2020. Countries that are not members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Asia, including China [Read more]
This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Nov. 7, 2019 Africa is set to become increasingly influential in shaping global energy trends over the next two decades as it undergoes the largest [Read more]
Energy consumption grew rapidly in the Middle East, Asia and Africa while in North America, energy consumption grew only by 1 per cent between 2010 and 2016, and in Europe, energy use fell 4 per [Read more] [Read more]
China, India, Africa account for 32% of global energy consumption in 2015, 36% by 2040 China, India, and Africa are three of the most populated parts of the world and their economies collectively consume about [Read more]
Renewable energy auctions in South Africa, Uganda and Zambia are changing renewables’ prospects on the continent Driven by a growing interest in renewable energy technologies as a competitive mechanism for price determination auctions have become [Read more]
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