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The Sub-Saharan African renewable energy market is currently in its early stages of development. Only a small segment of the total potential has been utilised to date and it is expected that significant investment in this sector will occur over between 2010 and 2020. This research service provides an overview of current projects and highlights some...

The research service titled Financing Energy Projects in Africa  Extensive Requirements to Unlock Infrastructure Expansion contemplates the extensive financing that is required to fund required power infrastructure projects in Africa. Numerous challenges exist in relation to infrastructure investment on the continent, which can be overcome through...

South Africa is the southernmost country in the African continent, with a coastline of 2,954 km stretching along the South Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean in the south. It is a member of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), and the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA). This connectivity has ...

As the region with some of the lowest electrification rates in the world, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) will exhibit continued growth of power pools. This growth is likely to be driven primarily by expanding transmission and distribution (T&D) networks within and between member countries. This outlook provides an analysis of the power pools in SSA, foc...

Renewable energy has taken centre stage in South Africa's expanding power generation capacity, necessitating development and maintenance of requisite transmission infrastructure. Switch gears, transformers, and reactors are critical in supplying quality power to customers in a cost-effective manner. Local research and development, manufacturing, an...

The South African electricity market is strained. The implementation of smart grids will help alleviate many of the problems the country is facing. This research service gives a comprehensive analysis of international best practice and case studies of smart grid projects that have been implemented, and tells how South Africa can learn from them. Th...

This report documents the South African switchgear market over the past five years in South Africa, with projections through to 2015. The market has been driven by large generation and transmission projects run by the state utility Eskom and various municipalities. As in many global markets, the medium voltage switchgear market has become increasin...

This study covers a 2010 overview of the Nigerian electricity industry, examining the market structure, drivers and restraints for growth and installed capacity. Following from these, market engineering measurements are analyzed and forecasted. In addition, an in-depth analysis of generation capacity including IPPs is performed, along with identifi...

Opening up the power generation sector to independent power producers is imperative as Eskom has shown some of its limits, such as severe funding shortfall, an extremely tight power system, and new-build projects being continuously delayed while power demand shoots. The dominant position of Eskom in power generation, transmission, and distribution ...