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Covid-19 interrupts Nigeria distribution progress
The Nigerian government is caught between a rock and a hard place as it tries to square the need to reduce subsidies to the electricity sector with protecting customers and the economy from price rises when they are already hard hit by Covid-19. Distribution companies (discos)...
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Nigeria
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Zambia: CEC says minister acted illegally
Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) says energy minister Matthew Nkhuwa acted beyond his authority by declaring its transmission network common carrier to allow government-controlled Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) to continue receiving power supply despite a year of failing to pay...
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Southern Africa
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Zimbabwe’s Gwanda solar PV project back on track
Cabinet has approved a revised implementation plan for the 100MW Gwanda solar PV project after the developers appointed a new team of experts and secured a bridging loan for the 10MW first phase.In 2015, Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) awarded Intratrek Zimbabwe and partner Chint...
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Zimbabwe
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Kenya: Canadian geothermal company loses ICSID case
Calgary-based WalAm Energy has lost its legal challenge at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) against Kenya’s decision to prematurely terminate its licence for the Suswa geothermal field. “Kenya has prevailed in an ICSID international...
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Kenya
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Guinea: Ecowas Court orders payout for K Energie
In the latest round in a long-running legal saga over a private power supplier contracted by Electricité de Guinée (EDG), the Abuja-based Ecowas Court of Justice has ordered the Guinean government to pay $47.5m in compensation to K Energie SA for violation of the company’s...
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Guinea
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Guinea: InfraCo Africa invests in Bumbuna II
InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), announced on 20 July that it had signed an agreement with Joule Africa to invest $6m in the 143MW Bumbuna II hydropower project. The funding is part of a package designed to push the project to...
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Guinea
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Ethiopia: Corbetti PPA approved
Ethiopia’s council of ministers approved the power purchase agreement (PPA) for the 150MW Corbetti geothermal project in Oromia on 15 June. Prequalification is under way for a drilling contractor to drill at least three exploration wells and up to 26 production wells. The...
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Ethiopia
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Africa Investment Exchange (AIX): Gas 2020
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