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Issue 374 - 26 July 2018

Djibouti: Lake Assal geothermal project launched

A project to add 50MW-100MW geothermal capacity in the Fiale Caldera in the Lake Assal region of Djibouti got under way on 11 July with an official ceremony launching the drilling programme. Iceland Drilling will drill three 2,500-metre-deep full production wells under a...

Issue 374 - 26 July 2018

Djibouti

Issue 374 - 26 July 2018

Ghana: Interconnection will export excess capacity

An electricity interconnection allowing Ghana to supply Burkina Faso with an initial 50MW, ramping up to 100MW, is poised to come into service, according to Ghanaian officials. The 208km (37km in Ghana and 171km in Burkina Faso) 225kV simple-circuit transmission line from...

Issue 374 - 26 July 2018

Ghana

Issue 374 - 26 July 2018

Ghana: Parliament approves ECG concession

Parliament approved a concession arrangement on 24 July that will see a consortium led by the Philippines’ Manila Electric Company (Meralco) take over Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The concession agreement for Ghana’s largest distribution utility is one of the criteria...

Issue 374 - 26 July 2018

Ghana

Issue 374 - 26 July 2018

Zambia: CEC sale falls through

The acquisition of Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) by the UK’s CDC Group and investment fund AP Møller Capital has collapsed after conditions could not be met within the regulatory timeframe. The pair had offered $380m for the company, which is listed on the Lusaka Stock...

Issue 374 - 26 July 2018

Zambia

Issue 374 - 26 July 2018

Maghreb utilities bury differences

Bilateral relations may be at a low point, but Algeria and Morocco are working together to use the North African grid to supply Tunisia with power during record summer heat, it was announced after a 13 July Comité Maghrébin de l’Electricité (Comelec) meeting in Tunis.

Issue 374 - 26 July 2018

Africa

Issue 374 - 26 July 2018

Morocco/Mauritania: Grid link talks

Morocco is talking to the Mauritanian government about an interconnection that would bring Société Mauritanienne d’Electricité (Somelec) into the North African Maghreb Electricity Committee (Comelec) grid. An interconnection would also link Office National de l’Electricité et de...

Issue 374 - 26 July 2018

Morocco, Mauritania

Issue 374 - 26 July 2018

Burkina Faso: AfDB approves €18m for sector reform

The board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on 18 July approved an €18m ($21m) financing package from its African Development Fund soft loans arm to support energy sector reform in Burkina Faso. The package will provide budget support to help the government put in place...

Issue 374 - 26 July 2018

Burkina Faso

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