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 A new report by Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) shows a capacity increase in installed wind energy in South Africa to above 1 GW last year.Wind energy in South Africa This makes South Africa the largest producer of wind energy, followed by Morocco whose installed capacity stood at 787 MW in . . .

 Electricity Utility firm Kenya Power which owns and operates most of the electricity transmission and distribution system in Kenya has announced that it has almost doubled its electricity exports to Uganda and Tanzania since it increased generation of geothermal energy in Kenya national grid. . . .

 President Barrack Obama has signed into law the Power Africa deal a move aimed at expanding electricity to millions of households in sub-Saharan Africa. This measure has been widely supported as it is a game-changer in saving lives and accelerating growth on the continent.   The Electri . . .

 About 13,223.67MW of power will be generated by the Nigerian manufacturers. This is according to Deutsche Zusammenarbeit (GZ) and the Nigerian Energy Support Programme.   According to the survey report titled Survey of Power Demand and Energy Consumption in the Industrial Sector in Nige . . .

 A US firm Ormat Technologies has injected 29MW of geothermal power to Kenya’s grid within Olkaria III complex  increasing its total capacity to 139MW.   Ormat CEO, Isaac Angel confirmed the reports and said that it had reached the commercial operation phase of plant 4 with Ke . . .