Nigeria’s NNPC has broken ground on 50 MW emergency power project in Borno State


A groundbreaking ceremony was held over the weekend for the 50 MW Maiduguri & Environs Emergency Power Project (MEPP), in presence of Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum and the NNPC Group Managing Director Mallam Mele Kyari.

The contract for the project had been signed last month with the China Machinery and Engineering Corporation (CMEC) and GE, acting respectively as EPC contractor and supplier of the plant’s gas turbines.

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A.P. Moller Capital has acquired 44% of Cabeólica from the Africa Finance Corporation

Through the Africa Infrastructure Fund, A.P. Moller Capital has just acquired a 44% stake in Cabeólica S.A., which runs four wind farms on the islands of Santiago (9.35MW), São Vicente (5.95MW), Sal (7.65 MW) and Boa Vista (2.55 MW) in Cabo Verde. The stake was acquired from the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), who has been […]

TotalEnergies officially delays opening of Mozambique LNG to 2026

TotalEnergies has delayed the commissioning and first gas at its $20bn Mozambique LNG project from 2024 to 2026 following the declaration of Force Majeure earlier this year. The 12.88 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) onshore terminal reached FID in 2019 and was under-construction when the Islamist insurgency in Cabo Delgado in the north of Mozambique […]