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Turkey’s Karpowership is looking to begin negotiations with the Guinean authorities on a contract extension for the Ibrahim Bey powership.

The Karusa wind farm operated by Enel Green Power South Africa (EGP) has been commissioned, adding 147MW to the national grid.

A public/private partnership led by Scatec and EDF will develop the 350MW Mpatamanga hydroelectric power plant, which will double Malawi’s installed HEP capacity, in welcome news for the struggling power sector.

Agence Nationale de l’Electrification et des Services Energétiques en Milieux Rural et Périurbain (Anser) has issued an invitation to tender for 14 projects, including three hydroelectric power (HEP) plants, to be implemented under the local development programme for the Grand Kasaï region.

A consortium of TotalEnergies, Angola Environment Technology (Greentech) and state-owned Sonangol is expected to sign a power purchase agreement (PPA) for the Quilemba solar PV plant by November, according to TotalEnergies project manager Gonçalo Anacoreta.

EBRD support for a $340m green bond to refinance Scatec’s six plants at the Benban Solar Park in Upper Egypt marks the latest phase in the maturing of the solar PV complex where the authorities are already contemplating an extension which could add hundreds more megawatts of capacity.

Construction of a set of three wind farms that comprise the Koruson 1 projects – Coleskop, Phezukomoya and San Kraal – has started after the last of the projects reached financial close. The three projects were awarded preferred bidder status in October 2021, under the Renewable Independent Power Producer Programme fifth window (REIPPP5).

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the European Union-Africa Investment Platform (EU-AIP) are lining up a package of around $300m for the construction of the long-planned Kakono hydroelectric power (HEP) plant.

Kabwe-based Lunsemfwa Hydro Power Company (LHPC) has spoken to African Energy about the problems it has faced getting its reservoirs at sufficient levels to support power generation and the steps it is taking to supply power throughout the year.

Amidst political instability and heightened tensions with France, Mali has commissioned the  140MW Gouina hydroelectric power project, spurring transitional premier Colonel Abdoulaye Maïga to encourage more effort towards completing other OMVS projects.

State utility Société Nationale d’Electricité du Burkina Faso (Sonabel) has failed to reach an agreement with the project contractor over “cost over-runs” for the 10MW Kaya and 20MW Koudougou solar PV projects, according to a World Bank Group (WBG) project implementation status report dated 1 June.

A new majority equity holder and developer for the 20MWp Neo I independent power project (IPP) in Mafeteng is expected to be announced in the coming months, following the exit of Norway’s Scatec from the project.

A solar power plant with battery energy storage at Centamin’s Sukari gold mine is set to be fully commissioned by year end, replacing diesel generators. London-and-Toronto listed Centamin is also evaluating proposals from independent power producers (IPPs) to supply grid power to the mine.

Canada’s Em-one Energy Solutions has been awarded a contract to construct the 3.1MW University of Abuja solar PV, diesel and battery plant.