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With 12,500MW of hydropower potential plus gas and coal resources, Mozambique could play a leading role in solving southern Africa’s power crisis. Energy Minister Salvador Namburete is pushing three IPPs and a number of other schemes, recognising that many major projects have yet to get off the ground, writes François Misser.

ALGERIA: Gulf Keystone gas find ANGOLA: Cabinda South drilling LIBYA: Eni charter MADAGASCAR: Aminex pulls out; MADAGASCAR: Chinese partners; MAURITANIA: RWE farms into onshore; MAURITANIA: Chinguetti drilling; MOZAMBIQUE: Indians plan Rovuma farm-ins; SIERRA LEONE: Elixir completes seismic; TUNISIA: Al Thani rig contract

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has selected Ron Robinson LLC to study funding opportunities for power projects in southern Africa.

ENERISQ: Nigeria partnership; GALP: Portuguese buying Shell operations in three countries

The government has announced plans to sell 10% of the shares in the publicly-owned Companhia Moçambicana de Hidrocarbonetos (CMH) to Mozambican individuals and companies.

African Minerals Ltd, formerly Sierra Leone Diamond Company, has acquired 11.425m shares in Baobab Resources, a mining company listed on London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) with operations in Mozambique.

Cegelec to expand grid at Arzew; Work starts at Kpone plant; Strategic energy study; Coal miner plans 500MW power plant; Higher tariffs; AFC backs power project; Mittal in deal with Coal of Africa; Miners complain of power shortages

Global Energy is planning to plant castor as the first stage of a project to produce non-edible oil for the biodiesel industry. The Mozambique government has signed an agreement with Oilmoz to build a 350,000 b/d oil refinery. Sasol has selected Foster Wheeler South Africa to carry out a pre-feasibility study for the proposed Project Mafutha coal-to-liquids (CTL) facility .

ANGOLA: CMIC contract for Luanda grid; KENYA: Bamburi Cement to increase biomass use; LIBERIA: Stanley to study Mount Coffee expansion; MOROCCO: Abdelmoumen STEP deadline; MOZAMBIQUE: EDM seeks bids to extend grid; NIGERIA: Chinese to build first coal-fired plant; TANZANIA: AfDB funding; UGANDA: French JV to supply Bujagali; UPDEA: European meeting to discuss reform study

Sasol, iGas and Compania Mozambicana de Gasoduto are building a gas compression station to facilitate a 20% expansion of natural gas delivery from Mozambique to South Africa by the end of 2009.

BP new find on Block 31; Pazflor topsides contract for KBR; Apache find in Western Desert; Circle farms into NW Gemsa; Gulf of Suez farm-in opportunity; Rig and vessel contracts; EPSA-4 block signed by RWE Dea; Sasol awards offshore drilling contract; Block 1711 drilling

DR CONGO: More Chinese drop in; MOROCCO: More private wind power from DLM; MOZAMBIQUE: Brazilians to build Mphanda Nkuwa; NAMIBIA: Uranium miner plans 12MW heat from acid plant

Afrinvest name change; Maputo port investment; First Quantum financing; PA bond issue

Perenco to supply gas to Kribi plant; OCI to build Sidi Krir project; Chinese commit to $90m rural electrification scheme; Steel company orders equipment; HCB resumes supply to Zesa; Arab fund provides Roseires funding

With the government encouraging development of biofuels to meet domestic demand and also for export - with plans to use as much as 6.6% of Mozambique's total arable land for production - Mozambique is attracting a growing number of biofuels projects, some of them very well funded. These are in addition to the $510m contract signed