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Jun 10
#SouthAfrica's state utility Eskom and the Zululand Energy Terminal consortium have signed an agreement to move forward with the #LNG import terminal project at Richards Bay, which will supply feedstock to a giga-scale #gastopower (#GTP) development.
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An investor has agreed to acquire an equity interest in a Coal-to-Power (CTP) and #mining project in #Zambia. African Energy's research shows that CTP investments are now such that coal-fired #powergeneration could overtake #hydroelectric power.
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Tenders have been issued for major works on the #Zambia-#Tanzania-#Kenya (ZTK) #powertransmission line. The eagerly awaited project will interconnect the Eastern and Southern African Power Pools, creating one of the world’s largest #powermarkets.
#Africa
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Expectations are rising ahead of TotalEnergies’ final #investment decision for its Venus field development plan. Other majors and independents are also showing keen interest in #Namibia.
#Africa #gas #naturalgas #oilandgas #gasmarkets
#hydrocarbons
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Difficult relations between #Senegal's key political players has led to President Faye sacking former mentor and prime minister Ousmane Sonko, who is now National Assembly speaker, threatening further division as Dakar works to reach a new #IMF deal.
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The use of liquid-fuelled #powergeneration plants has been slashed after new #powertransmission #infrastructure was commissioned in eastern #Kenya.
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#Africa #EastAfrica #renewableenergy #energytransition
#electricity #energymix
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May 28
A senior official has told African Energy of plans to procure large-scale #renewableenergy capacity for #Tanzania, with a renewed appetite for private #investment.
The #powergeneration capacity is to be augmented by new power interconnector capacity.
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May 27
The Tanzanian government has ordered the expeditious #audit of a payment to an EPC contractor working on a major #renewableenergy project.
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#Tanzania #Africa #governance #esg
#powergeneration #infrastructure #contractor
#electricity
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May 26
A year of tension between Niamey and Beijing looks to have been settled by a new deal, which also promises #investment in #Niger's prospective #gas resources.
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#Africa #naturalgas #pipelines #infrastructure
#gasmarkets #hydrocarbons #oilandgas
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May 22
#Kenya's first #IPP combining utility-scale #wind #powergeneration and a battery #energystorage system is on the cusp of major milestones.
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#Africa #powergeneration #renewableenergy #windpower #IPPs #bess #batterystorage #utilityscale
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May 21
#Tunisia's President Kaïs Saïed is treading a narrow line between strategically important #solar PV concessions, which he has now approved, and the appeasement of furious labour unions who describe #IPPs as energy colonialism.
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#NorthAfrica #powergeneration
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May 20
A host has been selected for the Eastern Africa Power Pool market operator role. The decision paves the way for market operations to start in the near term.
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#Africa #powertrading #powerpools #electricity
#powertransmission #infrastructure #investment
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May 18
Significant greenfield #powertransmission #infrastructure – including new high voltage lines and #substations – is nearing completion in #Guinea.
But in #Mali, where two hitherto distinct insurgencies have joined forces, progress has stalled.
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#WestAfrica
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May 14
A fire at the #substation dispatching power from the Akosombo #hydroelectric power plant caused #loadshedding in both #Ghana and neighbouring #Benin, #BurkinaFaso, and #Togo.
Output has been restored, but the political fallout continues.
#Wapp #Africa
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May 11
Société Nationale d’Electricité du Sénégal (Senelec) has purchased all the equity in a major combined cycle gas turbine development.
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#Africa #Senegal #powergeneration #gas #gastopower #esg #GTP #projects
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A major #miner is considering options for #electricitysupply at #mining and logistics sites in Guinea, including signing #PPAs with #IPPs for #utilityscale #solar PV capacity.
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#Africa #powergeneration #renewableenergy #solarpower #infrastructure #industry
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A #miner has asked developers to submit expressions of interest for a major C&I #renewableenergy plant with battery #energystorage in Côte d’Ivoire.
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#Africa #powergeneration #solarpower #solar
#industry #bess #mining #infrastructure #cotedivoire #CdI
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Apr 30
A power purchase agreement (#PPA) for a vast C&I #powerplant has been awarded by a world-scale #mine to a Congolese developer.
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#Africa #DRC #DRCongo #powergeneration #mining
#industry #electricity #energysupply #infrastructure
#projects
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Apr 17
Multi-million dollar grants have been awarded to carry out feasibility studies for three new, major Southern African Power Pool (Sapp) #powerinterconnectors.
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#Africa #powertransmission #infrastructure #electricity #powerpools #powertrading
#finance
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Apr 16
Following #financialclose for a pioneering #solar PV plant in #CotedIvoire, Africa Finance Corporation tells African Energy it is planning to use its dual currency #greenbond model to get other major #renewableenergy projects across the line.
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#Africa
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