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Issue 404 - 21 November 2019

Angola: Aenergy hits back after contract termination

Angola-registered Aenergy, owned by Portuguese businessman Ricardo Leitão Machado, is appealing against what it describes as the “unilateral and unjustified termination” of 13 contracts. In a strongly worded statement published on 8 November, the company said it had requested on...

Issue 404 - 21 November 2019

Angola

Issue 404 - 21 November 2019

Kenya: Chinese firm to build Konza Technopolis power line

China Aerospace Construction Group has won a $100m contract to build a 400kV substation and transmission line connecting the planned Konza smart city to the national grid. The project involves a 40km double-circuit power line linking the Konza substation to the recently...

Issue 404 - 21 November 2019

Kenya

Issue 404 - 21 November 2019

Kenya: Prequalification under way for Olkaria VI

The Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) on 14 November began prequalification of contractors to develop the 140MW Olkaria VI geothermal plant, which will be located around 120km from Nairobi in the Rift Valley. The project will be developed on a build, own, operate,...

Issue 404 - 21 November 2019

Kenya

Issue 404 - 21 November 2019

Zambia: Eskom power imports to start by end-November

Zambia is expected to start importing 300MW of power from Eskom on 25 November after making an initial payment of $27m, with the balance of $15m expected to be paid by the end of the month. Power imports are expected to reduce load shedding by two hours a day from the current 16...

Issue 404 - 21 November 2019

Zambia

Issue 404 - 21 November 2019

Gambia: Electricity access services tender

National Water and Electricity Company has issued a general procurement notice for goods and services associated with the Gambia Electricity Access Project. The project, to be financed with grants from the African Development Fund and the African Development Bank’s Transition...

Issue 404 - 21 November 2019

Gambia

Issue 404 - 21 November 2019

Zambia: Mphepo Power installs mast for its Unika I wind project

Zambian IPP Mphepo Power has installed a 120-metre meteorological mast to measure the wind potential for a 200MW wind power project that it plans to develop in the Katete district of Eastern Province. The mast was launched on 1 November at a ceremony presided over by energy...

Issue 404 - 21 November 2019

Zambia

Issue 404 - 21 November 2019

Zambia: Feasibility study rights awarded for small hydro

The Ministry of Energy has granted Feasibility Study Rights (FSRs) to 22 developers within the framework of the Global Energy Transfer Feed-in-Tariff (Get FiT) Zambia small hydro tender. The ministry announced on 5 November that with the support of the Get FiT Zambia Secretariat...

Issue 404 - 21 November 2019

Zambia

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