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Issue 189 - 26 June 2010

AfDB approves $32.5m loan

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The African Development Bank has approved a supplementary loan of $32.5m to Kenya under the African Development Fund (AfDF) concessional window

Kenya
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Brazil’s Eletrobrás has signed an agreement with Electricidade de Moçambique for technical co-operation on a viability study of a transmission line in Mozambique

Libya
Issue 189 - 26 June 2010

Gecol seeks help from UNDP

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Gecol chairman Belgasem Mohamed Younis and UNDP resident representative Costanza Farina signed an agreement on 16 June to improve the electricity company’s management and systems

Libya
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With potentially difficult elections beckoning as African Energy went to press, progress on an impressive roster of potential hydroelectric projects remains subject to Guinea’s volatile politics

Guinea
Issue 189 - 26 June 2010

Liberia: EoIs out for Mount Coffee

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An international call for expressions of interest (EoIs) has been issued for work to prepare for the Mount Coffee Hydropower Plant project

Liberia
Issue 189 - 26 June 2010

Three bids for Bizerte IPP

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The Ministry of Industry, Energy and Small and Medium Enterprises has received three bids to build the planned Bizerte independent power project

Tunisia
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A prominent daughter of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has won a prestigious environmental prize

Tunisia
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Described as Kenya's second wind power generator, Gitson Energy Ltd is promoting a 300MW wind farm at Bubisa, in the Marsabit area, where the initial phase is scheduled to start up in 2012; its plans also include a 50MW solar project in the same area.

Kenya
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The World Bank Group board has approved a $600m loan to support the 1,500MW Giza North Power Project. The project comprises development and construction of a combined cycle gas turbine power plant at Giza North near Cairo.

Egypt
Issue 188 - 12 June 2010

Globeleq takes on Azito stake

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Globeleq Generation has signed an agreement to take ABB’s stake in the Azito gas-fired power plant near Abidjan, following its acquisition of Electricité de France’s stake earlier this year (AE 185/1).

Côte d'Ivoire
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Zimbabwe utility Zesa Holding is sticking to its power-exporting arrangement with NamPower, the Namibian parastatal has told African Energy.

Namibia | Zimbabwe
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Concentrix Solar joins Desertec; BHP Billiton revises Mozal contract, SA talks go on; Harsco announces Gibe III dam contract

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Despite the disappointment of Chinguetti, International oil companies are looking again at Mauritania, where Dana Petroleum and Petronas plan to drill this year. Tullow Oil exploration director Angus McCoss told African Energy that Mauritania had been “off the industry radar screen for a couple of years, which has given Tullow a great opportunity to do a regional geological review of the plays that may exist in that area”. Previous exploration led by Australia’s Woodside drilled down into the Miocene, finding the Chinguetti field, which causes great initial excitement but then proved geologically complex and expensive to develop.

Mauritania
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Financial close for the Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) project in northern Kenya – expected to be Africa’s biggest wind farm – is possible by year-end, with a dozen multilateral, development finance institution and commercial financiers expressing interest in backing the 300MW scheme.

Kenya
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Pushing for more HCB electricity; Power grid for irrigation; Power prices rise; Solar power for Lofa police; Nexans cable links Pemba to mainland

Ghana | Botswana | Egypt | Liberia | Tanzania