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Issue 378 - 11 October 2018

Kenya’s mini-grid/solar home alternative

The challenge of bringing grid power to poorer and isolated communities is raising serious questions about the efficacy of the massive energy access programmes that have been under way since 2014. These have, at least on paper, connected around 70% of the population to the grid...

Issue 378 - 11 October 2018

Kenya

Issue 378 - 11 October 2018

Niger: Nigelec seeks bids to build Gorou Banda solar PV project

Société Nigérienne d’Electricité (Nigelec) has invited prequalification applications by 8 November for the turnkey development of a 20MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Niamey’s Gorou Banda district. The contract covers design and construction of the project, including the...

Issue 378 - 11 October 2018

Niger

Issue 378 - 11 October 2018

Gabon: EPC contractor sought for Ngoulmendjim hydro

France’s Eranove Group, in partnership with state investment fund Fonds Gabonais d’Investissements Stratégiques (FGIS), has invited expressions of interest to construct the Ngoulmendjim storage plant. Prequalification bids are sought by 31 October for the design and construction...

Issue 378 - 11 October 2018

Gabon

Issue 378 - 11 October 2018

South Africa: AfDB loan for grid expansion

The African Development Bank has approved a ZAR2.89bn ($217.9m) loan to Eskom Holdings to help finance the upgrade and expansion of transmission facilities. The funding supports the Eskom Transmission Improvement Project, which will see the construction of 555km of 400kV...

Issue 378 - 11 October 2018

South Africa

Issue 378 - 11 October 2018

Côte d’Ivoire: KfW to finance 37.5MW solar PV plant

German development bank KfW is to provide €36.7m ($42.7m) in funding for a 37.5MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project to be developed in the north-western Boundiali region. KfW said it signed two contracts on 3 October with the Ministry of Economy and Finance for the financing of...

Issue 378 - 11 October 2018

Côte d’Ivoire

Issue 378 - 11 October 2018

Morocco: Bids sought for Daourat hydro rehabilitation

Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau Potable (ONEE) has invited bids by 16 January 2019 for the rehabilitation of valves and ancillary works for the 17MW Daourat storage hydropower plant on the Oum Er-Rbia River near Settat. The plant, which is equipped with two 8.5MW...

Issue 378 - 11 October 2018

Morocco

Issue 378 - 11 October 2018

Uganda: Solar scheme

Ugandan developer Xsabo Group has launched construction of a 25MW solar park at Kabulasoke in the central district of Gomba. Vice-president Edward Ssekandi laid the first of the 68,000 modules in a ceremony on 3 October. President Yoweri Museveni is expected to commission the $...

Issue 378 - 11 October 2018

Uganda

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