Category: Green Energy
Zimbabwe Pushing Chinese Steel Giant’s Plans to Exclusively Import Electricity From Mozambique
Chinese giant Tsingshang’s Zimbabwe subsidiary, Dinson Iron and Steel Company (Disco), will start importing electricity from Mozambique’s Mphanda Nkuwa hydroelectric power project once complete. This follows a plan, supported by the Zimbabwean government, to have Disco exclusively import power for the ...
Chinese Company Targets South Africa With Renewable Energy Solutions Despite Difficulties Weaning off Coal
China’s Hinen Group is expanding into South Africa with a promise to make renewable energy accessible and affordable for everyone, according to the company’s Country Manager, Andy Zhou Xiang Yang. Hinen Solar South Africa is launching in the Southern African ...
Namibia Partners With Chinese Company to Build 50MW Wind Power Plant
Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower) has signed power purchase and transmission connection agreements for the development of a 50MW wind power project in Lüderitz, southwestern Namibia. CERIM Lüderitz Energy, a joint venture between Riminii Investments and Energy China, will undertake the ...
Chinese Company Targets Zimbabwe’s Solar Power Generation Amidst Crippling Blackouts
The China Energy Engineering Corp. has propositioned the Zimbabwean government for the construction of a 1,000-megawatt (MW) floating solar plant on the Kariba dam along the Zambezi River. At nearly $1 billion, the project will be on the world’s largest man-made ...
China’s CiEG Signs 2.4 Giga-Watts Power-Purchase Agreement With Zambia’s Zesco Amidst Debt Crisis
The Integrated Clean Energy Power Company Ltd (CiEG) of China signed a Power-Purchase Agreement (PPA) on Monday with the Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (Zesco) for the generation of 2,400 Megawatts (MW) of renewable energy. In a statement from Peter Chibwe ...
China’s Renewable Energy Expertise Could Help Cape Town Address Crippling Blackouts
As South Africa’s power woes worsen, Cape Town is seeking to double electricity supplies from hydropower from the current 200 megawatts (MW) in a desperate bid to reduce the impact of chronic power outages. South Africa’s second-biggest city is trying ...
Egypt’s Chinese Green Hydrogen Project Could be a Blueprint for Africa
Egypt and China are seeking to consolidate economic and investment cooperation in various areas of common interest, including clean energy through the China hydrogen project. The China International Energy Group (CIEG) intends to establish a $5 to $8 billion project ...
New Data Provides a Snapshot of China’s Global Power Plants One Year After Xi’s No-Coal Announcement
By Cecilia Springer and Hua-Ke (Kate) Chi Ahead of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference known as COP27, and one year on from Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s announcement that China would step up support for green and low-carbon energy and not ...