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Marubeni buys into off-grid solar provider Azuri
Investors led by Japan’s Marubeni Corporation have made a $26m investment in UK pay-as-you-go solar company Azuri Technologies. Azuri, which has offices in Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, said the capital infusion would enable it to accelerate expansion in existing...
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Africa
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South Africa: Globeleq completes acquisition
On 29 May, Globeleq announced it had completed the acquisition of four renewable power plants from New York Stock Exchange-listed Brookfield Asset Management. The plants are the 11MW Aries, 11MW Konkoonsies and 31MW Soutpan solar photovoltaic plants and the 27MW Klipheuwel wind...
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South Africa
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Senegal: Battery storage talks
State power utility Senelec has been holding talks with stakeholders to discuss the procurement of 80MWh of battery storage. Senegal has been rapidly procuring variable renewable power and the 158.7MW Taïba N’Diaye wind project in particular requires more reactive capacity on...
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Senegal
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Rwanda/Tanzania: Nelsap seeks owner’s engineer for Rusumo Falls project
The Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Programme (Nelsap) is inviting expressions of interest from consultants by 20 June to act as owner’s engineer to oversee the completion of the 80MW Rusumo Falls hydroelectric project. The project, on the Kagera River at the border of...
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Rwanda, Tanzania
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Malawi: Solar power for islands
Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (Egenco) signed a contract with China’s NR Electric Company on 3 June to design, supply, install and commission 1.3MW of solar photovoltaic power on Likoma and Chizumulu islands in Lake Malawi. NR Electric Africa sales manager...
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Malawi
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Guinea-Bissau: Contract award for Saltinho project
The Organisation for the Development of the Gambia River (OMVG) has given a contract to a joint venture of Portugal’s COBA Consultores de Engenharia e Ambiete and the Portuguese subsidiary of France’s Artelia Eau & Environnement to carry out feasibility and detailed...
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Guinea-Bissau
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South Africa: Vestas EPC for Wesley wind farm
Vestas announced on 3 June that it has been appointed engineering, procurement and construction contractor for the 35MW Wesley wind project in the Eastern Cape. Wesley, also known as Wesley-Ciskei, was selected in the fourth round of the country’s renewable energy IPP...
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South Africa
Consultancy
Events
02 October 2019 to 03 October 2019
Africa Investment Exchange: Nairobi
Nairobi
Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique, Zambia
1
13 November 2019 to 14 November 2019
Africa Investment Exchange: Power & Renewables
RSA House, London
Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
1
24 June 2019 to 25 June 2019
2nd North Africa Renewable Energy Summit
Casablanca, Morocco
Morocco
0
21 October 2019 to 24 October 2019
Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for Renewable Energy
Johannesburg, Dubai
Africa
0
18 November 2019 to 21 November 2019
Mastering Renewable & Alternative Energies
Dubai, Singapore
Africa
0
