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US ambassador Alfonso Lenhardt on 13 September signed two power transmission contracts awarded under the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact signed in 2008 (AE 148/8).

MOROCCO: Record consumption; NIGER: Kandadji deal; SOUTH AFRICA: Eskom signs first carbon credits deal; CONCENTRIX SOLAR: CPV pilot at South African game reserve

The World Bank has put up the funds for part of a project to increase power supply to northern Tanzania, where demand from the mining industry is stretching the existing grid to the limit

The African Development Bank has signed a CFAF19.63bn ($39m) grant agreement to finance basic energy infrastructure projects, including improving the provision of electricity.

EGYPT: Ain El Sokhna tender; MOZAMBIQUE: German solar firm in rural electrification project; MOROCCO: International Power, Nareva to build wind farm

As Nigeria struggles to overcome its generation woes (see Focus, above) Siemens Energy has received an order for construction of the Geregu II gas turbine power plant in Ajaokuta for Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC).

Progress is finally being made on the regulatory front with regard to the ambitious Mmamabula thermal power generation project, according to sponsor CIC Energy Corporation. The scheme has been scaled back to a 1,200MW first phase from the originally planned 3,600MW amid uncertainty about South Africa’s offtake plans (AE 160/6; 152/7; 150/6).

Key agreements on a potential 300MW-450MW private power project at the Mmamabula coalfield have boosted prospects for Botswana’s energy sector, writes Kevin Godier

As presidential elections draw closer, plans to privatise the ineffectual PHCN could enhance Goodluck Jonathan’s position as he starts to make good on pledges to deal with Nigeria’s crippling power crisis, writes David Slater

The Luxembourg-based European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced plans to provide up to E100m ($129m) of finance for the 1,300km Centre South (Cesul) transmission backbone system between Tete province and Maputo, which should be operational by 2016.

Namibia Power Corporation is inviting expressions of interest for consultancy, geotechnical survey and auditing services for the Lower Orange Hydro Electrical Power Scheme (Loheps).

GE and consortium partner Cegelec of France have won a 25-month contract worth more than E200m ($264m) to supply fuel-flexible gas turbines for the 300MW Kenitra power plant. They will supply three GE Frame 9E gas turbines that burn heavy fuel oil (HFO) with distillate as a back-up.

EGYPT: Kureimat O&M tender; ETHIOPIA: EIB confirms Gibe III pullback; KENYA: AFD support for renewables; LESOTHO: EIB funds low-energy bulb plant; TANZANIA: Caterpillar on track with Zanzibar scheme

The World Bank has approved a $12.7m emergency grant for an Emergency Electricity and Water Rehabilitation Project to help restore electricity and water supplies in the capital Bissau. The grant will complement the Multi-Sector Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project (MIRP) that was approved by the Bank in May 2006.

Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower) is seeking proposals from US companies to carry out a feasibility study for the proposed Van Eck power plant rehabilitation project, which will be financed from a $400,000 US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) grant.