Energy Industry

Zambia: Largest Solar Plant Complete

Posted on March 23, 2019March 23, 2019 by Mozambique Resources Post

President Edgar Lungu has commissioned a 54-MW solar power plant, as the construction of the Bangweulu plant reached completion. The plant is Zambia’s largest renewable energy project, constructed at a cost of $60 million. The solar power plant under the Bangweulu Power Company Limited is a JV of the Industrial Development Corporation and Neoen, a French company. The World Bank Group’s Scaling Solar Project awarded a contract to Neoen to construct a 100 MW solar…

South Africa: “Power cuts expected to hit South Africa’s GDP” – Goldman Sachs

Posted on March 23, 2019March 23, 2019 by Mozambique Resources Post

Severe planned power cuts at South African state-run utility Eskom are expected to shave 0.3 percentage points off first-quarter GDP growth, Goldman Sachs said on Thursday.

Mozambique: ExxonMobil Provides $300,000 to Support Cyclone Relief Efforts

Posted on March 21, 2019March 21, 2019 by Mozambique Resources Post

ExxonMobil said today that it is providing $300,000 to aid agencies to support disaster relief and recovery efforts in Mozambique following Cyclone Idai, which made landfall on March 14.

Mozambique: Exxon, Anadarko donate to cyclone relief

Posted on March 20, 2019March 20, 2019 by Mozambique Resources Post

Oil and gas companies ExxonMobil and Anadarko have sent donations to aid agencies in Mozambique following a disastrous and deadly Cyclone Idai which made landfall on March 14. According to the UN, the full scale of the devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Idai in south-west Africa is becoming clearer, and the emergency “is getting bigger by the hour,” with at least a thousand people feared dead. ExxonMobil and Anadarko, which are working on developing giant…

South Africa: “Mozambique cyclone to blame for stage 4 load shedding,” – says Eskom

Posted on March 18, 2019March 18, 2019 by Mozambique Resources Post

Eskom says the cyclone in Mozambique has contributed significantly to load shedding being escalated from stage 3 to stage 4 this afternoon.

South Africa: ESKOM working with Mozambican technicians to restore power

Posted on March 18, 2019March 18, 2019 by Mozambique Resources Post

JOHANNESBURG – Eskom says it’s working with technicians in Mozambique to restore power supply through the two power lines that went offline cutting about 1,000 megawatts of power from the grid.

South Africa: Workers Union to protest Eskom unbundling

Posted on March 15, 2019March 15, 2019 by Mozambique Resources Post

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) announced on Tuesday that it would march on the African National Congress’ (ANC’s) Luthuli House head office, in Johannesburg, on March 30 to voice its opposition to the unbundling of Eskom.

Sustainability: “No tomorrow” for many unless consumption falls – UN

Posted on March 15, 2019March 23, 2019 by Mozambique Resources Post

Global exploitation of natural resources – from water, sand and timber to oil, coal and gemstones – has more than tripled in 50 years, the United Nations (UN) said on Tuesday, warning of devastating environmental impacts unless demand is reduced. Surging consumption of natural resources – 92-billion tonnes in 2017 – accounts for half of the world’s planet-heating greenhouse-gas emissions and over 90% of the world’s biodiversity loss, the Global Resources Outlook 2019 found. If…

Africa: “Continent needs cash, science for new clean energy model of development” – leaders

Posted on March 15, 2019March 23, 2019 by Mozambique Resources Post

African countries must tackle climate change with a new economic model rooted in clean energy, forest protection and technology to support farmers – but they will need more investment and research to make that happen, leaders said on Thursday. French President Emmanuel Macron, who hosted the “One Planet” climate summit in Nairobi, highlighted the example of West Africa’s Solar Mamas, a group of female engineers who install solar systems in their villages. Their work both…

Sierra Leone: Second power ship to provide electricity for millions

Posted on March 12, 2019March 12, 2019 by Mozambique Resources Post

Sierra Leone’s electricity problem needs fixing fast, using sustainable approaches such as the use of renewables, solar, hydro, wind and conversation of decades of landfill rubbish into energy, to meet the growing demand for electricity in the country.

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