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Jul
23
2024
By TEMILADE SESAN
Nigeria’s chronic power shortages: mini-grids were going to crack the problem for rural people, but they haven’t. Here’s why

Nigeria’s chronic power shortages: mini-grids were going to crack the problem for rural people, but they haven’t. Here’s why

SPECIAL FEATURES: ANALYSIS
ELECTRICITY is a scarce commodity in Nigeria. With just over 4,000 megawatts supplying nearly 220 million people, the electricity access deficit stands at about 40% nationwide. The picture looks even darker in rural areas. There, 73% of the population is off the power grid. Rural electrification is crucial to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7: “access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.” Enter mini-grids: community-scale electricity generation and distribution systems, typically under 100 kilowatts in size. Mini-grids have emerged in the last decade as a cost-effective solution for many rural parts of Africa. According to one estimate, the…
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Apr
20
2023
By The African Mirror
South Africa’s power outages could reach critical levels this winter – likely scenarios

South Africa’s power outages could reach critical levels this winter – likely scenarios

SPECIAL FEATURES: ANALYSIS
OVER the past 15 years South Africa has been experiencing a gradually worsening number of electricity cuts. This state of affairs has prompted frustration among citizens, negative international economic sentiment and financial hardship for many businesses. Public pressure has grown more intense, leading to the extraordinary presidential decision by President Cyril Ramaphosa to proclaim a state of disaster as well as to appoint a Minister of Electricity. Author HARTMUT WINKLER, Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg The year 2022 was marked by the worst power outages in the country’s history. Electricity generation deficits reached up to 6 GW on occasion,…
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Sep
08
2021
By The African Mirror
Ethiopia’s bold $40 -billon plan for clean energy

Ethiopia’s bold $40 -billon plan for clean energy

NEWS
SETH ONYANGO, BIRD ETHIOPIA is on course to become a net exporter of energy as it unveiled a $40-billion roadmap to build 71 power projects over the next ten years. Of those projects, 16 are hydro-power, 24 wind, 17 steam, and 14 are solar, making the model arguably one of the world’s biggest policy shifts towards clean energy and potentially building Ethiopia into a leader in clean energy in Africa. At the same time, Ethiopia will bolster its electricity generating capacity from the current 4,200 MW to around 35,000 MW by 2037. The East African state is inching closer to…
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May
12
2021
By The African Mirror
Power woes hit Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali, Burkina

Power woes hit Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali, Burkina

NEWS
LOUCOUMANE COULIBALY and ANGE ABOA  A drop in electricity generation in Ivory Coast and Ghana has left households and businesses fuming as well as cutting power supplies to neighbouring West African countries Mali and Burkina Faso, officials said. A prolonged dry season has reduced water levels at hydropower dams in both countries that in some cases could take months to resolve, hampering productivity, raising costs and hitting the economies of the world's biggest cocoa producers. In Ivory Coast, which exports power to six countries, the national power company faces a generation deficit of about 200 megawatts (MW), or nearly 10%…
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