Hydropower

The dominance of the long-term, fixed-tariff power purchase agreement (PPA) as the sole bankable contract for renewable energy in Southern Africa is ending, says financial advisory company Cresco... 

Half of India's 191 coal-fired power plants are operating with critically low fuel stocks owig to a surge in power demand amid hotter-than-usual weather linked to El Niño, government data showed.... 

As African nations push miners to build refineries and smelters at home, government and industry officials say a major obstacle risks crimping investment: a shortage of cheap, reliable electricity.... 

Work on the 2027 updated life-of-mine plan started in the second quarter of 2026 and is targeted for completion late in the first quarter of 2027. 

KEFI Gold and Copper is restarting development after suspending work on September 7, following a serious safety incident on September 4. 

China, the world's largest buyer of coal, cut its September imports by 6% from a year earlier, customs data showed on Wednesday, as solid domestic inventories reduced demand while export... 

India's rapidly growing demand for electricity could force it to add substantially more coal-fired power capacity than planned, the head of the power sector planner said on Tuesday. The South... 

Indian factories, smelters and households are being hit by blackouts and rising energy costs as the impact of plunging coal stockpiles at the country’s power stations ripples through the economy.... 

India's biggest power producer, NTPC plans to buy more coal from private mining companies to overcome fuel shortages and meet rising electricity demand, two people familiar with the matter said.... 

Power utility Eskom will soon make a major announcement about facilitating the construction of data centres in South Africa. This was announced by Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho... 

Madagascar wants to raise as much as $5-billion by teaming up with asset manager Gemcorp Capital Management to fund energy, infrastructure and mining projects in the island nation. The partnership... 

The long-delayed Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) Phase II has progressed steadily to 56.7% completion, with R24-billion of the R53-billion allocated to the project having been spent.... 

India’s power plants are rapidly exhausting coal inventories as generators ramp up production to offset weak hydro and the evening drop-off in solar output, prompting the government to invoke an... 

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has signed an agreement with electric utility company Anzana Electric Group to fund a feasibility study to expand hydropower generation and upgrade... 

Burnstone gold project in South Africa and Mount Lyell copper/gold/silver project in Tasmania, both considerably infrastructured with near-term revival outlooks, have been approved by Johannesburg... 

Indian power producers' coal imports in August rose to a 15-month high as a heat-wave and lower hydropower generation boosted electricity demand, prompting utilities to turn to costly overseas... 

The sector’s scoreboard counts connections. By that count, 53% of Sub-Saharan Africa has access to electricity, and more than 560 million people still live without it. Both numbers are true, and... 

Global infrastructure leader AECOM has received two commendations at the 2026 CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards, recognising the company’s contribution to major transportation infrastructure... 

China's fossil-fuelled power generation fell 4.3% in August from a year earlier, figures from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Tuesday, as rising hydropower, nuclear and renewable output...