SADC ENERGY Ministers will meet in South Africa in May to discuss a number of issues, including the establishment of the proposed centre to promote the uptake of renewable energies in the region.

THE SOUTHERN African Power Pool plans to commission new projects that will add 2,763 megawatts to the regional grid this year as the region targets to meet its energy needs by 2018.

THE SOUTHERN African Power Pool has appointed three consultants to provide various technical services aimed at ensuring the commencement of an interconnector project that will link the electricity grids of four countries in the region.

AIDE MEMOIRE ON ESTABLISHMENT OF SACREEE
There is an urgent need to receive support from decision-makers in SADC MS in the energy sector for the establishment of SACREEE, when Ministers will meet in South Africa in May 2015.

ZAMBIA AND Zimbabwe have secured US$275 million in loans and grants to rehabilitate the gigantic power-generating Kariba Dam on the border between the two countries.

THE SOUTHERN African Power Pool (SAPP) has secured a US$20 million grant from the Programme for Accelerating Transformational Energy Projects in Africa.

The programme, supported by World Bank, plans to identify priority generation and associated transmission investments that can provide adequate electricity supply in the region in an efficient and sustainable manner and support integration and power trade in the region.