Energy

U.S. Brings Southern African Power Chiefs to Bid for Modern Grid Deals

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency will host a delegation of energy executives and government officials from four Southern African nations on a weeklong trade mission aimed at modernizing regional power networks and expanding access for American technology suppliers. Delegates from Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, and Zambia will travel to Denver …

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Electricity market reforms to unlock new opportunities

Local commercial and industrial energy users are operating in a more complex power environment shaped by rising demand, grid constraints, changing market rules and pressure to secure reliable, affordable electricity. For manufacturers, mines and other large energy users, the challenge is no longer simply whether to diversify their energy supply. …

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Zambia’s industrial growth depends on stronger energy security, flexible procurement and bankable power projects

Zambia’s commercial and industrial energy users are operating in a more complex power environment shaped by rising demand, grid constraints, changing market rules and pressure to secure reliable, affordable electricity. For manufacturers, mines and other large energy users, the challenge is no longer simply whether to diversify their energy supply. …

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156 Constituencies, One Solar Rollout in Zambia

Zambia has signed contracts with five contractor consortiums to build 312MW of solar capacity spread across all 156 parliamentary constituencies, marking one of the most geographically ambitious power rollouts the country has attempted and one designed to solve two problems at once: chronic electricity shortages and stalled irrigation-driven agriculture. The …

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