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Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) invites expressions of interest by 24 January from consultants to assist with the development of a series of hydropower projects totalling 1,887MW. The consulting services will entail the preparation of a feasibility study and environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) for the 564MW Birbir Stage 1 and 2, an update of the ESIA and resettlement action plan for the 371MW Geba Stage 1 and 2 and preparation of IPP bidding documents for the 280MW Chemoga Yeda 1 and 2, 246MW Genale Dawa 6, and 426MW Halele Werabessa 1 and 2 projects, as well as providing training and capacity building.

Ethiopia
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Tempting the industry with its ambitious renewable energy (RE) targets, Algeria is maintaining a tough negotiating stance on how investments will be made, arguing that developers and suppliers will have to manufacture a big proportion of their equipment within Algeria. “Algeria wants to be able to make almost all components for its RE programme locally,” Sonelgaz head Noureddine Bouterfa reiterated in early November.

Algeria
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Kenya has won praise for creating a good environment for private power investment, but its ambitious expansion plans will need a range of energy sources and managing this process is a complex business

Kenya
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Norwegian state-owned SN Power has agreed to buy SG Bujagali Holdings (SGBH)’s stake in the 250MW Bujagali dam. The hydro plant is operated by Bujagali Energy Ltd, which is owned by the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development, SGBH and the government of Uganda. The other shareholdings will remain unchanged. Sithe Global affiliate SGBH is a Mauritian company indirectly owned by investment funds managed by Blackstone.

Uganda
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Biomass producer Buchanan Renewables (BR) has been sold to an investor group, after a project to recycle old rubber trees and rejuvenate Liberia’s once world-leading rubber industry proved more challenging than expected. Stockholm-based Vattenfall and Swedish government-owned private equity company Swedfund backed the project to convert old rubber trees from the former Firestone plantation to woodchip. The woodchips were intended to fuel a 36MW biomass power plant in Monrovia, as well as being sold for export. But the scheme ran into difficulties and the Swedish backers pulled out last year.

Liberia
Issue 245 - 13 December 2012

REIPP developments

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Switzerland’s ABB announced on 4 December that it had been awarded two turnkey contracts with a combined value of $225m for the construction of the 33MW Witkop and 31MW Soutpan solar parks in Limpopo Province.

South Africa
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Energy minister Jeff Radebe on 4 April finally signed 27 new projects from rounds 3.5 and 4 of the renewable energy independent power producer (IPP) procurement programme. “The procurement of the 27 new projects is the biggest IPP procurement by the Department of Energy to date, representing a total of R56bn ($4bn) of investment and about 2,300MW of generation capacity to be added to the grid over the next five years,” Radebe said at the signing.

South Africa
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Italy’s TerniEnergia has signed a $12.5m deal to build a 10MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant near Tozeur on behalf of Société Tunisienne de l’Electricité et du Gaz (Steg). On 23 March, the company said this was the first plant to go ahead under the state utility’s 380MW share of the Tunisia Solar Plan. Construction will start at the end of March and will be completed in 12 months.

Tunisia
Issue 287 - 25 October 2014

Namibia/Zimbabwe: New 80MW PPA signed

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Namibia and Zimbabwe have signed a new 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for Zimbabwe to supply Namibia with 80MW. The PPA between NamPower and the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) forms part of ZPC’s strategy to finance expansion of the Kariba South hydropower station. The capacity of the power station is 700MW now, and will rise to approximately 980MW after the expansion. The agreement signed on 16 October will become effective once the existing Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) agreement comes to an end early in 2015.

Zambia | Zimbabwe
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Kangnas Wind Farm announced the installation of all 61 Siemens SWT-2.3-108 turbines on 17 March, two weeks ahead of schedule. The 140MW wind farm is expected to come online by September, generating about 563.5GWh/yr.South Africa’s Concor and Conco Group are joint engineering, procurement and construction contractors, with Siemens providing equipment, operations and services under a ten-year service agreement.

South Africa
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The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) has invited funding requests by 17 April for renewable energy projects in Burkina Faso. Through the Fonds des Energies Renouvelables pour la Résilience du Burkina Faso programme, the UNCDF, with financial support from the government of Luxembourg, will offer technical and/or financial assistance to support projects that can strengthen and accelerate the growth of income-generating activities through the adoption of renewable energy (solar PV and biomass).

Burkina Faso
Issue 266 - 25 November 2013

South Africa: Eaglestone expansion

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Renewables-focused investment bank Eaglestone has completed the acquisition of its South African joint venture Kensani Eaglestone Capital Advisory, increasing its shareholding in the firm from 50% to 77.25%, and renaming it Eaglestone Capital Advisory. The remainder of the shares will be owned by members of the local management team.

South Africa
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US-based, Kenya-registered rural utility developer Virunga Power invites proposals by 18 August from US-based firms to develop a feasibility study to assess the technical, environmental and social viability of three run-of-river hydroelectric plants totalling 15.7MW. The contract will be financed by the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), which has provided a $897,192 grant to Virunga Power Kenya to fund the feasibility study and environmental and social impact assessment.

Kenya
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Nasdaq-listed SunPower Corporation has begun construction of its 75MW (86MWp) Prieska solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Northern Cape province. The project was selected in the third round of the renewable energy independent power producer procurement (REIPPP) programme and is expected to begin full operation in 2016. Solar panels are being supplied by Sunpower Manufacturing Ltd and inverters by SMA Power One. South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), Nedbank and ABSA Bank are providing debt financing.

South Africa
Issue 151 - 28 November 2008

Renewables rise up the agenda

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Algeria's Ministry of Energy considers renewable options with solar a front-runner

Algeria