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The state New & Renewable Energy Agency is seeking expressions of interest from consultants to carry out three studies for a 20MW photovoltaic grid-connected power plant in Kom Ombo, Upper Egypt.

India’s Jindal Steel & Power has bought Mmamabula project developer CIC Energy for $116m and plans to push ahead with development of the stalled project. The deal will give Jindal Africa mining rights for high quality thermal coal from the Greater Mmamabula coalfield in south-east Botswana, which is estimated to hold 2.4bn tonnes.

The Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has given Sri Lankan firm VS Hydro a contract to construct a 5MW hydropower plant for four factories on the Gura River in Nyeri, central Kenya at a cost of Ksh1.3bn ($15m).

The selection of a construction contractor for the delayed Karuma dam has run into trouble over claims of irregularities in the tender process. Cornelia Sabiti, executive director of the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority, wrote to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development on 5 September seeking an administrative review of the 600MW project.

Algeria’s Sonelgaz, Italy’s Terna and Turkey’s Teias have signed a partnership agreement with the aim of contributing towards the development and management of electrical infrastructure in the Mediterranean region, and identifying investment opportunities in the power sector in cooperation with third-party industry operators.

Turkey’s Hakan Mining and Electricity Generation has signed a contract valued at $283m to begin exploiting Rwanda’s extensive peat reserves. The company will begin construction of a peat extraction facility and a 100MW peat-fired power plant within 12 to 15 months.

Having changed tack on its renewable energy policy in 2011, promising that a huge investment initiative will follow, Algiers is planning to establish a more substantial entity to take charge of the sector.

The Export-Import Bank of the United States signed a declaration of intent with South Africa’s state-owned Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) on 7 August to provide up to $2bn for South African energy projects sourcing equipment and services from the US, with an emphasis on clean energy.

The resignation of power minister Bart Nnaji in the middle of the privatisation process has caused considerable shock in Nigeria. Officially, he resigned over a conflict of interest, but there is considerable speculation over the forces that pushed him out.

Kaduna State governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Germany’s Helios Energy on a 30MW solar power plant.

Nexans has won some of the first contracts to be awarded by General Electric Company of Libya (Gecol) since the end of Qadhafi rule

London Stock Exchange-listed rental power and temperature control giant Aggreko opened a new $3m service centre in Walvis Bay on 23 August, its first in Namibia.

East Delta Electricity Production Company (EDEPC) is inviting bids to install mechanical equipment and pipes at the planned 650MW Suez power plant.

There are clear signs that decision-making in the electricity sector is speeding up in line with energy and mines minister Yousef Yousfi’s plans to invest AD2trn ($24.8bn) to double national generation capacity by 2016.

The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), a joint initiative of the Danish government and the Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has approved its first grant of $825,000 for the concept phase of the Green Tech Financial Facility.