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After making rapid progress in electrification in recent years, Burkina Faso has set itself another ambitious access target. Energy and mines minister Salif Kaboré told Francois Misser how he plans to meet the challenge

Three 14MW turbines have arrived on site for the Phase II expansion of the Komsilga thermal power plant and the Saudi Development Fund has signed a loan of $77m for the construction of a high-voltage transmission line linking Nouakchott and Nouadhibou

Dakar port has opened a new container terminal, described by Dubai-based developer DP World as West Africa’s largest and most modern. Following a concession agreement signed in 2007,

Hélios Energie chief executive Karim Megherbi told a mid-November workshop in Brussels that the French solar company had lined up a pipeline of 100MW of photovoltaic (PV) projects in sub-Saharan

Ghana Grid Company (GridCo) and Société Nationale d’Electricité du Burkina (Sonabel) are seeking expressions of interest from consultants for the provision of project management, engineering and construction supervision services for the 225kV Bolgatanga-Ouagadougou interconnection project

The development of renewable energy, especially off-grid rural electrification schemes, is a major thrust of the financing facility’s latest projects, writes François Misser in Brussels

BURKINA FASO: Boad credits for power expansion; EGYPT: Alstom to supply management system; EGYPT: CSP only for Kom Ombo project; EGYPT: Kureimat solar-thermal near to commissioning; GHANA/COTE D’IVOIRE: Interconnection studies awarded; KENYA: Drought hits profits at KenGen; MOROCCO: Bid opening beckons for Safi IPP; MOROCCO: Coal contract for Jerrada; SOUTH AFRICA: Alstom contract for Kusile; TUNISIA: EIB funds for transmission

BURKINA FASO: Boad funding for diesel plant; CAMEROON: Nigeria’s MRS in tidal power study; CAPE VERDE: Martifer Solar opens new plant; EGYPT: General Cable buys BICC; SENEGAL: Moroccan contractor seeks PV units; SOUTH AFRICA: Larsen & Toubro sets up JV; SOUTH AFRICA: USTDA funds smart meters; TUNISIA: Decision still awaited on Bizerte IPP; DESERTEC: Algiers remains non-committal; ONE: Transformers wanted; TRANSGREEN: Moroccans sign up to interconnection

The African Development Bank has signed a CFAF19.63bn ($39m) grant agreement to finance basic energy infrastructure projects, including improving the provision of electricity.

Vergnet to build 10MW wind farm; Prequals for 1,500MW CC plant in Beheira; Carbon credits for ESIIC fuel switch; AfDB funds for power project

Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco) is due to complete pre-investment studies for the planned Ghana-Burkina Faso-Mali interconnection by year-end, according to the European Investment Bank (EIB),

BURKINA FASO: Electrification work; EGYPT: Wind farm substation order; KENYA: Donor-funded transmission line contracts; RWANDA: Reco transmission equipment tender; SUDAN: DFIs support photovoltaic systems purchase; SUDAN: Grid for White Nile State; SUDAN: NEC restructuring; TANZANIA: Tanesco transmission consultancy order

The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) has signed a $10m loan agreement to finance construction of the Samandeni dam on the Mohan River in Deforma province. The dam, which will be Burkina Faso’s third largest after Bagre and Ziga, is part of the SamandeniValley Integrated Hydro-Agricultural Project, which also involves the installation of a 168MW hydroelectric plant (HEP). The Samandeni Valley project, devised in 1998, will initially involve the preparation of 15,000ha of land for agriculture, followed by the irrigation of a further 21,000ha and installation of the HEP.

The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) has signed a $10m loan agreement to finance construction of the Samandeni dam on the Mohan River in Deforma province. The dam, which will be Burkina Faso’s third largest after Bagre and Ziga, is part of the SamandeniValley Integrated Hydro-Agricultural Project, which also involves the installation of a 168MW hydroelectric plant (HEP). The Samandeni Valley project, devised in 1998, will initially involve the preparation of 15,000ha of land for agriculture, followed by the irrigation of a further 21,000ha and installation of the HEP.

BURKINA FASO: Youga mine connects to grid; MAURITANIA: Somelec contracts emergency power