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Zambia: Ruling party urges solution to power supply stand-off
The influential central committee of the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) party has called on the Ministry of Energy to resolve an impasse over talks to extend an agreement that allows Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) to buy power in bulk from Zesco for resale to mining companies...
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Zambia
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South Africa: Funding agreed for battery storage project
The Shanghai-based New Development Bank, formerly known as the BRICS Development Bank, has approved a loan of ZAR6bn ($400m) to Eskom Holdings for the establishment of a battery energy storage system comprising 360MW of distributed battery storage sites across four provinces of...
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South Africa
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Tunisia: More solar projects awarded
The Ministry of Industry and SMEs has awarded a 100MW solar project in Kairouan to a consortium of TBEA Xinjiang New Energy Company and AMEA Power. The project forms part of an international tender launched by the ministry in 2018, which has seen 500MW of solar projects awarded.
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Tunisia
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Togo: Scaling Solar tender
The Togolese Agency for Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy (AT2ER) has launched prequalification for two solar PV projects with combined capacity of 60-80MWac, which are being procured through the World Bank Group’s (WBG) Scaling Solar programme in Togo. One plant will...
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Togo
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Tanzania: Consultant sought for transmission line studies
The Tanzania Electric Supply Company Ltd (Tanesco) is inviting expressions of interest from consultants to update studies and carry out conceptual design for a 400kV 480km transmission line connecting Sumbawanga, Mpanda and Kigoma. The project includes the electrification of...
Africa
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Namibia: Land secured for Lüderitz wind park development
Independent power producer Diaz Wind Power, a subsidiary of United Africa Group (UAG), has secured the land for a 44MW wind farm at Lüderitz in Namibia’s south-western Karas region. A land lease agreement was signed with the Ministry of Environment and Tourism in late December...
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Namibia
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Mozambique: Metoro solar project begins construction
France’s Neoen announced on 19 December that it had reached financial close on its 41MWp Metoro solar PV project. Portugal’s Efacec has started to build the plant, which will be the second utility-scale solar project supplying Mozambique’s northern grid when it begins operating...
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Mozambique
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27 January 2020 to 28 January 2020
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