Tag: Electricity
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π±π· Liberia: Power Outage Disrupts Operations at Roberts International Airport
Monrovia β A temporary power outage has caused significant disruption to operations at Roberts International Airport (RIA) on Sunday evening. The Liberia Airport Authority (LAA) confirmed that the outage, which occurred around 5:00 PM, was due to an electrical issue originating from the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) power grid. The disruption led to operational challenges…
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π±π· Liberia: LEC Interim Team Assures Customers of Not More Than Eight Hours Power Outage During the Dry Season
Monrovia β The Interim Management Team of the Liberia Electricity Cooperation (LEC) has disclosed that despite LEC’s low capacity to provide adequate electricity during the dry season which is caused by constant power outages across the country, no community will experience power outage for more than eight hours. The Interim Management Team has spent a…
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π³π¬ Nigeria’s power grid partially collapses again, causing blackouts
Nigeria’s national grid suffered a partial collapse on Tuesday, the state power transmitter said, marking the ninth incident this year to have caused power outages across the country. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said the grid experienced a disturbance at 12.52pm GMT, triggered by a series of line and generator trips destabilising the system.…
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Power goes out on the entire island of Cuba, leaving 10 million people without electricity
Earlier today Friday October 18, 2024 ; Cuba experienced a nationwide blackout due to a major failure in a key thermal power plant, as confirmed by the country’s energy ministry. The outage, which began after several key units at various power stations suffered breakdowns, has plunged the nation into a deepening energy crisis. The outage…
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Zambians struggle with electricity shortages driven by drought
Zambia’s worst electricity blackouts in memory have been caused by a severe drought in the region that has left the critical Kariba dam, the source of Lake Musonda’s woes, with insufficient water to run its hydroelectric turbines. Less than half of Zambia’s 20 million people had access to electricity before Kariba’s problems. Kariba was built…
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Zambia’s crippling drought creates chance for solar power to shine
With a prolonged drought affecting the supply of hydroelectricity all over southern Africa, a growing number of people are turning to solar to fill the energy gap. A reliable supply of electricity is essential. But the drought that has gripped southern Africa since early this year has led to rolling cuts in a country that…
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Ethiopiaβs Mega-dam Significantly Boosts Power Output
Ethiopia has significantly increased electricity production from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile, more than doubling its output from 750 megawatts to 1,550 megawatts after two additional turbines became operational. The dam, now fully transitioned from construction to operation, has long been a point of contention with downstream nations Egypt and…
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Ghana inaugurates Africaβs largest rooftop solar in the Tema city
It marks a significant step forward in its renewable energy efforts. The cost of construction of the project is $17 million, and it is owned by the local LMI Holding Company Limited. The solar power will be distributed to clients within the Tema Free Zone Enclave industrial area, media reported. βWith a capacity of 16.82MW,…
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Russia and Mozambique discuss activation of cooperation in the power industry
The topic was discussed during a meeting between the head of the Russian Federal Agency for Mineral Resources (Rosnedra) Evgeny Petrov and the Minister of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources of Mozambique Carlos Mesquita. “At the meeting they discussed issues of activating the interaction of the [Russian hydroelectric company] RusHydro Group with the government…
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The Lights Are On in South Africa and Many People Are Suspicious
South Africa is enjoying a rare streak of uninterrupted electricity right before elections, drawing more suspicion than praise in a nation thatβs become accustomed to the daily power cuts that have dragged on for years. The country is currently in its fourth successive week of no outages β the longest period South Africans have consistently…
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