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In another sign of its growing presence in Africa, South Korea has agreed to provide a $35m soft loan to build three solar power plants in Mozambique.
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
In its first in Côte d’Ivoire, Aggreko is to provide 70MW of temporary power fuelled by natural gas to support the national grid for the next two years.
Office National de l’Electricité (ONE) and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) signed a Dh660m ($81.2m) loan on 14 October to finance the strengthening of the state utility’s transmission network in the kingdom’s ‘southern provinces’ – largely situated in the disputed Western Sahara.
The European Investment Bank and African Development Bank have signed agreements to provide E45m ($63m) to design, build and operate onshore wind farms on four islands in the Cape Verde archipelago (AE 187/8)
The African Development Bank is considering a soft loan of UA45.36m ($70m) to help finance the Iringa-Shinyanga transmission line project, which aims to improve power supply in northern Tanzania (AE 194/7).
Société de Gestion de l'Energie de Manantali (Sogem) is inviting expressions of interest for a new operation and maintenance contract for the Manantali dam and the Félou dam project.
US company ContourGlobal has started up a 100MW triple fuel power plant in Lomé, making Togo self-sufficient in energy and boosting the nascent West Africa Power Pool.
The Department of Energy has selected the US’ Fluor Corporation to perform a study for a potential 5GW solar park development in the Northern Cape
Powerful groups are lining up to build ONE’s groundbreaking 500MW solar complex near Ouarzazate, pointing to the country’s emergence as a major player in the southern Mediterranean renewables revolution
The US Overseas Private Investment Corporation has agreed to provide $37.8m in political risk insurance to support ContourGlobal’s construction and operation of three combined heat and power generation (CHP) plants for Nigeria Bottling Company (NBC).
Promoted by King Mohammed VI, who is a strong supporter of renewable energy developments, the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (Masen) is one of several new agencies pushing the renewables and energy efficiency agenda in Morocco (AE 184/28, 179/8).
The World Bank has approved $15.4m of grant funding for an emergency energy project to support state power and water utility Régie de Production et de Distribution d’Eau et d’Electricité (Regideso) and to prevent a repeat of the severe power cuts of summer 2009.
Official figures show a big rise in power imports from Spain in the first half of this year, as lower consumption brought down the price. Moroccan plants reduced their output, enabling ONE to carry out essential maintenance
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will help get a number of power projects under way over the next year with funding from the EU-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund (ITF). By September 2010, the ITF had approved grants for 31 projects totalling E167.83m ($231m).
