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Issue 430 - 14 January 2021

Nigeria: Marginal fields round

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The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says it has shortlisted 161 companies to advance to the final stage of the bid round process for 57 marginal oilfields. DPR public affairs head Paul Osu said the companies were selected from more than 600 that applied for prequalification. “The 2020 marginal oilfield bid round process is still ongoing in line with our published timelines on DPR website and bid portal.

Nigeria
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National utility NamPower signed a N317m ($20.8m) turnkey construction contract in December with Hopsol Africa Ltd and Tulive Private Equity Ltd for the 20MW Omburu solar PV plant. Speaking at the signing, NamPower managing director Simson Haulofu said the plant would begin operating by November 2021 and would generate 64GWh/yr. He added that the plant is expected to have 37% local content.

Namibia
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Australia’s Syrah Resources Ltd has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with SolarCentury Africa Ltd to develop an 11.2MW solar PV and 8.5MW battery system to operate alongside an existing 15MW diesel plant at Syrah’s Balama graphite mine. Syrah said it had carried out technical design and pricing analyses with SolarCentury in 2020. The MoU sets the terms for further development, with the aim of installing the plant on a build, own, operate and transfer basis.

Mozambique
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Renewables developer Total Eren and Luanda-based Greentech (Angola Environment Technology) have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Energy and Water for the development of a 35MWp solar PV plant at Lubango, Huila province.

Angola
Issue 430 - 14 January 2021

Zambia: VAT on fuel suspended

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Zambia has suspended value-added tax (VAT) on diesel and petrol in an effort to avert an expected price increase as the country prepares for elections in August. Finance minister Bwalya Ng’andu signed a statutory instrument zero-rating petrol and diesel with effect from 1 January. The government had previously charged VAT of 16% on petroleum products. Fuel prices were last raised in December 2019 when the kwacha had depreciated to 14 to the dollar while crude oil prices were at $70/bbl.

Zambia
Issue 430 - 14 January 2021

Maghreb ministers see future in hydrogen

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Attention in the two Maghreb countries least endowed with hydrocarbons has turned to the potential of green hydrogen and fuel cell technology. On 23 December, Moroccan energy minister Aziz Rabbah told a virtual seminar organised by the Arab Renewable Energy Commission (Arec) that the Arab world should harness the “fuel of the future” as a catalyst for sustainable development and the green economy. He called for the establishment of infrastructure and the creation of research and development centres.

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Revised in January 2021, this map provides a detailed overview of the power sector in Ghana. The locations of power generation facilities that are operating, under construction or planned are shown by type – including liquid fuels, gas and liquid fuels, natural gas, coal, hydroelectricity, solar (PV), wind, thermal, wave and biomass/biogas. Offshore oil and gas fields are also shown. Existing and future transmission and distribution lines are included ranging from 161kV to 330kV. Actual and planned cross-border interconnectors are also shown including lines to Côte d'Ivoire, Togo and Burkina Faso. Power generation data was drawn from our African Energy Live Data platform, which contains project level detail on power plants and projects across Africa. The map is available as a PDF file using eps graphics, meaning that there is no loss of resolution as the file is enlarged.

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China CAMC Engineering Company (CAMCE) has begun construction of the 240km, 220kV Garsen-Hola-Garissa single-circuit transmission line at Garsen in south-east Kenya. A launch ceremony for the project was held on 25 November and work got under way at year-end. The project is financed by the Export-Import Bank of China and the government of Kenya and will cost around $44.9m, according to an environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) submitted to the National Environmental Management Authority on behalf of Ketraco by local consultants Log Associates.

Kenya
Issue 430 - 14 January 2021

Angola: ANPG sets new bid round date

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The National Agency of Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (ANPG) announced on 31 December that it would formally launch its postponed 2020 licensing round covering onshore blocks in the Lower Congo and Kwanza basins on 30 April. A formal launch had been planned for May 2020 but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Angola
Issue 430 - 14 January 2021

KfW invests in small-scale IPP fund

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German development bank KfW has increased its equity investment in the Facility for Energy Inclusion (FEI) from $28m to $52m, FEI announced on 12 January. This brings FEI’s total equity base to $145m and the potential fund size to $400m, as well as marking final close for its equity raise. First close was achieved in December 2019.

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Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) announced on 9 December that it has signed power purchase agreements with six small IPPs. The projects include the 10MW Kahama and 5MW Kigoma solar projects and the 0.36MW Ijangala Falls, 0.9MW Luponde, 1.7MW Madope and 1.2MW Maguta hydropower projects. The agreements give the IPPs 18 months to begin commercial operations.

Tanzania
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Actis’ BioTherm Energy announced the commissioning in December of the 120MW Golden Valley wind farm in the Eastern Cape. Commercial operations are expected in Q1 2021 and the plant is expected to produce 477GWh/yr.

South Africa
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Sasol announced on 21 December that it had signed a sale securities purchase agreement with Azura Power Limited for its 49% shareholding in the 175MW Central Termica de Ressano Garcia (CTRG) plant. Azura will pay approximately $145m, and the transaction is subject to regulatory approval and the waiver of pre-emption rights held by utility Electricidade de Moçambique, Sasol said.

Mozambique
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Pan African Resources Plc announced in December that it has signed an engineering, procurement and construction contract with juwi South Africa to build a 9.975MW solar PV plant to supply its Elikhulu tailings retreatment plant. Pan African began a feasibility study for the plant in 2019 to reduce the risk of load-shedding disrupting Elikhulu’s operations.

South Africa
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Renewables developer Starsight Energy has closed a ten-year N3.6bn ($9.4m) senior debt facility with the Nigeria Infrastructure Development Fund to help finance commercial and industrial projects across Nigeria.

Nigeria