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<em>Ian Hall, <br />chairman of the <br />SA coal roadmap<br /></em><em> steering committee</em>
Ian Hall,
chairman of the
SA coal roadmap
steering committee
Featured article: SA coal roadmap identifies key actions

The South African coal roadmap project, a fact-based policy-neutral analysis of the country’s coal sector, is largely complete.

 

 
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Underinvestment sees blackouts in Ivory Coast

Cote d’Ivoire was once the most economically advanced country in west Africa and that extended to the supply of electricity, with the country able to export surplus power to its neighbours.

 
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Access to electricity in Tanzania only 14%

Only about 14% of Tanzania’s population, estimated at 43 million, have access to electricity and this figure drops to below 2% for rural areas.

 

 
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Ketraco awards US$41 million transmission project contract

Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco) has awarded a contract for the construction of an electricity transmission project that includes construction of a 132 km long power line and extension of an existing substation in Kenya to Spanish company Abengoa.

 
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It’s a go for Sere wind farm

The green light has been given for Eskom’s R2.4 billion Sere wind farm project, which is anticipated to be in full commercial operation by the end of 2014.

 
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Featured Product
Motor control and power distribution centre

Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation has launched its new Power Xpert CX, an International Electro-technical Commission (IEC) low voltage switchgear with a range up to 4,000 amperes (A). ... more


Opinion Piece
SA’s electricity sector not healthy
<em>Antonio Ruffini,<br /> Editor, ESI Africa</em>
Antonio Ruffini,
Editor, ESI Africa

South Africa’s electricity sector is in trouble, and has been for some time. There are days when the supply available to meet peak demand is less than the capacity of a single large generation unit available to Eskom, which means margins for error let alone reserve margins are non-existent.

 
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East African Power Industry Convention 2013 (EAPIC)
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9 - 11 October 2013,
Kinshasa, DRC







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