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Issue 367 - 16 April 2018

Senegal Scaling Solar tariffs drop below €0.04/kWh

Senegal’s Commission de Régulation du Secteur de l’Electricité on 5 April announced the results of a tender to build two 60MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plants at Kahone and Touba. The tender was launched under the mandate of the World Bank Group (WBG)-backed Scaling Solar...

Issue 367 - 16 April 2018

Senegal

Issue 366 - 05 April 2018

Namibia: Construction start for solar IPPs

Construction got under way in March at a 10MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project near Mariental, one of four being developed in Namibia by Evolution Africa’s Manna Renewables, all of which are expected online in August. The project was initially developed by Israel’s FK Generators...

Issue 366 - 05 April 2018

Namibia

Issue 366 - 05 April 2018

Zimbabwe: AECF unveils $6.5m renewable energy kitty

The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) has made $6.5m available through its Renewable Energy and Adaptation to Climate Technologies (React) competition facility to fund small and medium-sized energy companies to accelerate access to renewable energy in rural Zimbabwe.The...

Issue 366 - 05 April 2018

Zimbabwe

Issue 366 - 05 April 2018

Burkina Faso: Wärtsilä completes solar hybrid at mine

Finland’s Wärtsilä Corporation on 20 March announced the completion of a 15MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) plant at the Iamgold Essakane mine in north-east Burkina Faso. The inauguration on 16 March was overseen by President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré.Comprising nearly 130,000 solar...

Issue 366 - 05 April 2018

Burkina Faso

Issue 366 - 05 April 2018

Kenya: Jica approves loan for Olkaria I rehabilitation

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) on 16 March signed a loan agreement worth up to Y10,077m ($95m) for a project to rehabilitate units I-III of the Olkaria I geothermal complex in Nakuru County. Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has been exploring...

Issue 366 - 05 April 2018

Kenya

Issue 366 - 05 April 2018

Morocco: Consultants sought to assess grid capacity

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development invites expressions of interest by 16 April from consultants to assist with modelling and mapping injection capacity for renewable energy into the transmission and distribution grids of Morocco. The assignment aims to ensure...

Issue 366 - 05 April 2018

Morocco

Issue 366 - 05 April 2018

Namibia: Hardap solar project reaches financial close

Spain’s Alten Africa has reached financial close at the $70m, 37MW Hardap solar photovoltaic project in Mariental municipality. The project will comprise 140,000 crystalline silicon panels mounted on tracking systems and occupying a 100ha site. The plant is expected to produce...

Issue 366 - 05 April 2018

Namibia

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