Africa
Africa energy infrastructure news and analysis
The grids, solar, storage, gas and hydro projects reshaping power across Africa, from Egypt to South Africa: what is being built, who is paying for it, and what happens next. Updated as the stories land.
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Standalone battery tenders scale from tens to hundreds of megawatts
A new generation of standalone battery storage tenders in emerging markets is procuring hundreds of megawatts at a time, moving batteries from pilot projects…
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Utility-scale solar tenders shift to scoring on evening delivery
Procurement agencies are rewriting solar tender rules to reward firm energy delivered into the evening peak, pushing developers toward hybrid solar-plus-storage bids and changing…
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Utility-scale battery rollouts anchor emerging-market resilience
Grid-scale storage is being specified for reliability first and arbitrage second, changing how projects are sized and financed.
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Regulators move to fast-track cross-border transmission
Interconnection is being reframed as a reliability tool rather than a trade project, and approvals are speeding up as a result.
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Auction pricing tightens for large solar builds
Competitive tension in recent rounds is squeezing margins for developers bidding into utility-scale tenders.
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Interconnector projects accelerate as regional power pools deepen
Cross-border transmission projects are advancing across Southeast Asia and Africa as power pools mature and countries look to trade hydro, solar and gas-fired power…
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Offshore pipelines expand along new coastlines
Early-stage seabed leasing is opening in markets that had no offshore programme two years ago.
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Wheeling frameworks unlock private-to-private power sales
New wheeling rules let generators sell directly to large customers over the utility grid, opening a second route to market for renewables and storage…
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Offshore wind roadmaps multiply as coastal markets write seabed leasing rules
Governments in Southeast Asia and elsewhere are publishing offshore wind roadmaps, resource assessments and seabed leasing frameworks, setting up the first competitive rounds outside…
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Corporate PPAs open a second route to market for renewables developers
Direct power purchase mechanisms and corporate renewable supply schemes are letting large consumers contract green power directly, reducing developers’ dependence on utility offtake.
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Grid storage tenders accelerate across emerging markets
A cluster of storage-specific procurements signals a shift from pilots to programmes.
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Southeast Asia energy infrastructure: how the region’s power systems fit together
A country-by-country map of Southeast Asia’s power systems, who runs them, how they procure, what is being built, and the cross-border projects that link…
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Southeast Asia energy infrastructure: how the region’s power systems fit together
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Energy infrastructure in South Africa: Eskom, load-shedding, REIPPPP and the private power boom
How South Africa’s power system is being restructured, why load-shedding happened, how the renewable IPP programme and private generation reforms work, and where the…
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