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Issue 401 - 10 October 2019

Scatec Solar launches ambitious solar hybrid leasing platform

Norwegian solar power developer Scatec Solar has launched a new solar hybrid leasing platform named Release. The company joins FTSE 100 leasing behemoth Aggreko, which launched its first hybrid system at the Bisha gold mine in Eritrea in 2018. US rental power company APR Energy...

Issue 401 - 10 October 2019

Africa

Issue 401 - 10 October 2019

Madagascar: Shareholders’ accord signed for Volobe hydro project

Africa50, Colas, Jovena and SN Power have signed a shareholders’ agreement for the co-development of the 120MW Volobe hydropower project on the Ivondro River. The agreement signed on 4 October sees the four partners take equity stakes in project developer Compagnie Générale d’...

Issue 401 - 10 October 2019

Madagascar

Issue 401 - 10 October 2019

Côte d’Ivoire: Consultant sought for Kossou floating PV project

CI-Energies is seeking expressions of interest from consultants by 30 October to assist with the construction of a floating solar PV project on Lake Kossou in north-central Côte d’Ivoire. The project, with an installed capacity of 10-20MWp, is to be developed as a pilot project...

Issue 401 - 10 October 2019

Côte d’Ivoire

Issue 401 - 10 October 2019

Chad: AfDB funding for Djermaya solar plant

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on 26 September approved a loan of €18m ($20m) and a partial risk guarantee for the 32MWp first phase of the Djermaya solar PV plant. The plant, Chad’s first utility-scale renewable power plant and first public-...

Issue 401 - 10 October 2019

Chad

Issue 401 - 10 October 2019

Talks over Ethiopia Scaling Solar awards

The Ethiopian government and World Bank Group (WBG) are holding high-level talks about the first round of the Scaling Solar programme, in which Saudi Arabia’s Acwa Power was awarded two 125MW projects – Gad and Dicheto – on 11 September after bidding $0.02526/kWh. However,...

Issue 401 - 10 October 2019

Ethiopia

Issue 401 - 10 October 2019

Gambia: Feasibility study sought for 150MW solar park

The West African Power Pool secretariat in partnership with the government of The Gambia has invited expressions of interest by 28 October from consultants to undertake a feasibility study for a solar PV park with a total indicative capacity of 150MW with battery storage. The...

Issue 401 - 10 October 2019

Gambia

Issue 401 - 10 October 2019

Ethiopia: Bids sought for solar PV mini-grids

The Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU) has invited sealed bids by 11 November for the design, supply, construction and commissioning of mini-grid solar PV projects in 25 rural towns and villages. The projects, which will entail the construction of solar power plants with back-up...

Issue 401 - 10 October 2019

Ethiopia

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