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The authorities have offered development support to an initial ten independent power producer schemes, in a policy shift designed to enhance the bankability of IPP projects and encourage more private sector players to contribute to Zimbabwe’s faltering electricity generation infrastructure. African Energy examines the new scheme and looks at the state of power generation throughout a country where peak demand outstrips available supply – a situation that has lately been worsened by declining water levels at the Kariba Dam.

Zimbabwe
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A drought has sharply reduced electricity generation in Zambia, prompting state-owned power utility Zesco to start rationing electricity. An eight-hour daily electricity rationing programme started on 11 March, in response to a reduced level of generation from Zesco’s drought hit hydroelectric power (HEP) plants.

Zambia | Zimbabwe
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London AIM-listed Chariot has confirmed that a feasibility study for the 10GW Project Nour green hydrogen (GH2) project had been completed and handed to the Mauritanian government.  Chariot and project partner TotalEnergies are planning a phased development. The Mauritanian government has signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) for several other large GH2 projects as it aims to be “the largest producer and exporter of hydrogen on the African continent.”

Mauritania
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The Swaziland Water Services Corporation (SWSC) has issued a request for proposals from consultancy firms by 23 February for the development of a 5-10MW solar photovoltaic plant. Letters of intent are sought by 2 February. The consultant will undertake feasibility studies and conceptual design work; carry out a transmission and interconnection study; conduct an environmental and social impact assessment; develop an implementation plan and carry out capacity building; assist with procurement of construction contractors; work as the owner’s engineer; and manage contracts.

eSwatini (Swaziland)
Issue 352 - 11 August 2017

Zimbabwe: Kupinga mini-hydro starts up

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The Kupinga mini-hydropower plant in Chipinge in the eastern province of Manicaland has started generating electricity, state-owned daily The Herald reported on 7 August. The run-of-river facility in the Rusitu River catchment area is generating at 92% of its capacity but is expected to start operating at its full installed capacity of 1.65MW by year-end. The project has been developed and is owned and operated by Kupinga Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of South African financial services group Old Mutual, under a 25-year licence issued in 2014 by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulating Authority.

Zimbabwe
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Private equity firm Denham Capital and renewables investor GreenWish Partners on 22 June announced a partnership to develop, build and finance a portfolio of 600MW of renewable energy across sub-Saharan Africa by 2020. The capital commitment will allow the African renewables platform to carry out a $1bn project pipeline. In February, GreenWish launched construction of the Senergy II solar scheme in Senegal, in partnership with French construction group Vinci.

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France’s Neoen announced on 19 December that it had reached financial close on its 41MWp Metoro solar PV project. Portugal’s Efacec has started to build the plant, which will be the second utility-scale solar project supplying Mozambique’s northern grid when it begins operating this year. Scatec Solar’s 40MWp Mocuba solar PV plant started operating in late July 2019.

Mozambique
Issue 404 - 21 November 2019

Angola: Eni signs solar plant concession

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Eni and the government of Angola signed a concession agreement in Rome on 13 November for a 50MWp PV plant in Namibe province, where Eni supports rural development projects. The plant will be built by Solenova, a renewable energy joint venture between Eni and Sonangol, and will be connected to the transmission grid in the south of the country. The implementation of the 25MWp first phase will allow a reduction in diesel consumption estimated at around 13,500m3/yr, reducing electricity production costs and cutting greenhouse gas emissions by around 20,000 t/yr of CO2 equivalent, Eni said.

Angola
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The World Bank Group’s International Development Association on 28 February approved a $100m grant to support rural electrification, along with a $60m grant for a community development programme supporting projects among vulnerable populations. The $100m grant will support the Solar Energy in Local Communities (Soleil) project – also known as Nyakiriza – which aims to almost double the electrification rate nationwide.The Soleil project aims to connect more than 91,000 families, 4,000 small businesses, 500 schools and 400 health centres to mini-grids or standalone solar systems with combined capacity of around 17MW.

Burundi
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The European Union will provide E106m ($119m) for a clean energy programme to be implemented by National Water and Electricity Company. This includes E65m under a 25-year concessional loan from the European Investment Bank and a E41m grant from the European Union budget. The project will also be supported by E35.7m of financing from the World Bank. The project aims to develop a 20MW solar photovoltaic plant at Jambur near Banjul and 400km of distribution infrastructure.

Gambia
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France’s Eranove Group, in partnership with state investment fund Fonds Gabonais d’Investissements Stratégiques (FGIS), has invited expressions of interest to construct the Ngoulmendjim storage plant. Prequalification bids are sought by 31 October for the design and construction of the project, which will be located on the Komo River, about 125km east of Libreville in the north-western province of Estuaire.The work is divided into three lots, to be awarded under a single engineering procurement and construction contract.

Gabon
Issue 335 - 24 November 2016

Tanzania: Solar hybrid expansion for mine

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Shanta Mining Company has given Tanzanian ground-mount solar company Redavia a contract to expand the solar capacity at the New Luika gold mine in Mbeya region. The expansion project is the second phase of a two-phased process to increase New Luika’s solar hybridisation use and reduce fuel costs. The new 609kW plant will produce around 943,950kWh/yr in addition to the 63kW that was installed as a pilot plant in 2014. The current 63kW plant produces around 95,750kWh/yr but, once the new plant is up and running, it will produce an estimated 1,040,000 kWh/yr.

Tanzania
Issue 400 - 27 September 2019

Empower Fund reaches threshold commitment

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A renewable energy impact fund headed by former Scatec Solar head of business development Terje Osmundsen has reached its $8m first threshold commitment. Empower Invest will invest equity in 1-10MW renewable projects in developing countries, using a fund-based model to overcome the challenges of project financing smaller schemes. The series A share issue will allow Empower to invest in its first four to five projects. A $40m series B issue is planned for 2020.

Issue 362 - 01 February 2018

Mozambique: Namaacha wind project tender

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UK-based eleQtra invites expressions of interest by 7 February for the provision of international and local legal advisory services and environmental and social consultancy services for the development and financing of the Namaacha wind park.

Mozambique
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Delegates and speakers from across the continent responded with a combination of caution and optimism to the challenge posed by the Egyptian government’s Africa 2016 conference on 20 February to “accelerate private sector engagement and investment within Africa”. Following an opening address by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, African Development Bank president Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina said that while African economies had proved resilient, the amount of foreign currency-denominated debt was a potential problem. “Africa must not fall into a debt trap,” he said, urging fiscal consolidation, the broadening of export markets within the continent and mobilising domestic reserves to finance projects.