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Vestas warns wind turbine backlog dragging on earnings

BLOOMBERG Vestas Wind Systems A/S said it expects increased costs from a backlog of wind turbine orders to drag down full year earnings as executives avoided giving details on how the quality issues plaguing the broader wind industry would affect the Danish company. A key supplier of blades to Vestas published a profit warning last month after higher inspection and ...

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Lagos seeks $10 billion power funding by 2032

BLOOMBERG Nigeria’s biggest city and commercial hub of Lagos plans to raise as much as $10 billion in private investment to boost electricity supply to nearly five million households by 2032, state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said. Lagos, home to about 25 million people, receives about 25% of 5,000 megawatts of national grid-connected electricity, prompting the city to depend on fragmented ...

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S Africa’s $8.5b climate plan sees delays

BLOOMBERG South Africa’s government will need another two to three months to complete an energy transition implementation plan, further delaying the flow of funds from an $8.5 billion climate finance agreement with some of the world’s richest countries. More work needs to be done on how to re-skill workers from coal-dependent communities as coal-fired plants gradually close down, said Joanne ...

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