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Issue 340 - 16 February 2017

Joule Africa signs for Kpep hydro

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Africa-focused renewable energy developer Joule Africa has signed a tripartite agreement with the Ministry of Water Resources and Energy and power utility Eneo for the 485MW Kpep hydropower project on the Katsina Ala River in north-western Cameroon. The letter of intent was signed in Yaoundé on 13 January.Joule Africa president Mark Green was quoted as saying at the signing ceremony that the project, which would take four years to build and create over 3,000 jobs, would ensure stable power supply for the north-western and western regions of the country.

Cameroon
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A move to charge value-added tax (VAT) at 14% on off-grid solar, wind and hydro energy generation equipment and on clean cookstoves with effect from 1 July has caused an outcry from the green energy industry. Bodies including the Africa Minigrid Developers Association (AMDA), off-grid solar body GOGLA, the Clean Cooking Alliance of Kenya and the Kenya Renewable Energy Association have condemned the move. AMDA chief executive Aaron Leopold said the Treasury had ignored the advice of key industry players including the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum.

Kenya
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On 24 May, Italy’s Salini Impregilo announced that it had signed a €2.5bn contract with Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) to build the 2,200MW Koysha dam on the Omo River. The project comprises a 170-metre-high roller-compacted concrete dam with a reservoir volume of 6bcm. It is expected to produce 6,460GWh/yr electricity. The project is expected to be financed by Italian banks and underwritten by Italy’s Servizi Assicurativi del Commercio Estero (Sace). Ethiopian newspaper The Reporter noted in April that Sace had agreed €1.5bn of export credit financing.

Ethiopia
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The Rural Electrification Agency is to invite expressions of interest from consultants and contractors to assist with the Decentralised Renewables Development Programme, which aims to develop an off-grid electrification master plan for the islands on Lake Victoria and pilot net-metering using grid-tie solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. The programme, one of the projects under the country’s Scaling-Up Renewable Energy Programme, is being supported by the African Development Bank, which has provided a project preparation grant from the Strategic Climate Fund.

Uganda
Issue 298 - 17 April 2015

Burundi: USTDA funds solar PV project

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Gigawatt Global has secured grant funding from the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) for a feasibility study for a planned 7.5MW solar photovoltaic power plant at Mubuga in central Burundi. USTDA said on 30 March that the grant funds would cover a study of key technical and economic aspects, and environmental and social impact assessments, and provide the necessary analysis for the developers to secure financing. Gigawatt signed a memorandum of understanding with the government for the project in July 2014.

Burundi
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Spain’s Acciona Energia announced 10 December that it had commissioned the Sishen solar photovoltaic (PV) plant at Dibeng in Northern Cape Province. The plant, with a peak capacity of 94.3MWp and nominal capacity of 74MW, is the second largest operational solar project in South Africa and the company’s largest to date. Covering around 250 hectares, the facility comprises 470 solar trackers supporting 319,600 PV modules. Estimated annual output of 216 GWh, equivalent to the consumption of around 100,000 local households a year, will be sold to Eskom under a long-term power purchase agreement.

South Africa
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Songa Energy Burundi has reissued a request for expressions of interest (EoIs) from consultants to undertake development studies for the Ruvyi102 and Mule037 hydropower projects with potential associated solar PV plants. The contract, which is to be financed by the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa, managed by the African Development Bank, will require detailed feasibility studies, including solar hybridisation assessment and grid interconnection studies, local distribution grid assessments, and environmental and social impact assessments.

Burundi
Issue 271 - 14 February 2014

Kenya: Ormat adds new Olkaria capacity

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Ormat Technologies has completed plant 3 in the Olkaria III geothermal power plant complex, bringing total generation capacity to 110MW. The power generated by the Olkaria III complex in the Hells Gate national park near Naivasha is sold under a 20-year power purchase agreement with Kenya Power. The new capacity will enable Kenya to decommission its remaining 30MW of costly rental power. Olkaria III was financed with a $310m debt facility from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.

Kenya
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Recent comments by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika appear to contradict previous official statements on ambitious renewables projects.

Algeria
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a partial risk guarantee (PRG) worth €20m ($27m) for a 428km transmission line to evacuate power from the 300MW Lake Turkana Wind Power Project in northern Kenya. The PRG will cover private lenders and investors against the risk that the government, in this case the state-owned Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (Ketraco), should fail to meet its contractual obligations, causing costly delays which have the potential to hold up the entire project. Ketraco has given Isolux Corsán an engineering, procurement and construction contract for the Loiyangalani-Suswa transmission line, and the Spanish company had requested a PRG before proceeding.

Kenya
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Mauritius-based Tembo Power has outlined plans for the construction of five hydropower plants in the Lubudi area of Lualaba province with a combined generation capacity of over 70MW. The project, which would cost an estimated $300m, aims to improve power supply to miners in the Copperbelt region. Tembo DRC chief operating officer John Nsana Kanyoni presented feasibility studies for the project to a workshop in Kinshasa on 28 June. The hydrological, geotechnical and environmental studies were carried out by Aurecon, which identified five sites along the Kalule Sud River, a tributary of the Lualaba River.

DR Congo
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The repercussions of the renewable energy independent power producer (REIPP) procurement programme continue to be felt throughout the supply chain in South Africa. Engineering consultancy Mott MacDonald announced on 17 January that it had been appointed owner’s engineer for the 67MW Hopefield wind farm in the Western Cape.

South Africa
Issue 382 - 06 December 2018

Kenya: AfDB loan for Kopere solar

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The African Development Bank has approved a $18.17m senior loan to Voltalia’s 40MWac (50MWp) Kopere solar power project in Nandi County and is also seeking a $11.6m concessional loan from the Climate Investment Funds’ Scaling-up Renewable Energy Programme. The project also involves the construction of a 33/132kV substation, and a 1.8km line to evacuate the electricity to the national grid.

Kenya
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Finland’s Wärtsilä Corporation announced on 24 November that it has received a letter of award for an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for a 75MW solar photovoltaic (PV) scheme being developed by Nigeria-registered Pan Africa Solar Ltd and Canada’s JCM Power near Kankia in Katsina State.

Nigeria
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French developer Akuo Energy on 5 July announced the start of construction at the 17.5MW Henrietta solar plant. The plant is being developed by Akuo through its subsidiary Akuo Energy Mauritius alongside local partner Medine Ltd and is expected online in November.Henrietta was awarded to Akuo and Medine following a tender by the Central Electricity Board (CEB) in 2016. The plant will use 53,700 photovoltaic panels supplied by China’s Jinko Solar coupled with ABB inverters and is expected to generate 27GWh/yr, equivalent to avoiding 21,516 t/yr of CO2 emissions.

Mauritius