Tunisia is pushing forward with its multi-part renewables procurement strategy. On 20 July, shortlisted companies submitted bids in the largest of its ongoing bid rounds for 500MW of solar and 200MW of wind. On 11 July, the Ministry of Industry...
The government signed an agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on 9 July to develop 90MW of solar power under the Scaling Solar programme. Togo is the sixth country after Zambia, Senegal, Ethiopia, Madagascar and Uzbekistan...
Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) is working with General Electric (GE) to find a way forward for the troubled 185MW expansion of the Kinyerezi I gas power plant. Delays became apparent last year when engineering, procurement and...
CrossBoundary Energy Access (CBEA) has announced a debut transaction that will see 60 mini-grids providing power to 34,000 rural households and businesses developed in Tanzania. The deal is the first project financing for a mini-grid, according...
News that respected Independent Power Producers Office head Karen Breytenbach has been asked to leave has been greeted with surprise in the South African power industry. The Joint Implementation Committee, made up of the Department of Energy (DoE...
The World Bank Group is seeking expressions of interest from consultants for a market study of LNG and gas distribution from the planned Richards Bay terminal. South Africa’s Transnet and the International Finance Corporation are seeking a...
French utility Engie, asset manager Meridiam and Senegal’s sovereign wealth fund Fonds Souverain d’Investissements Stratégiques (Fonsis) have reached financial close on two solar photovoltaic (PV) projects. The 35MWp Kahone Solaire project in...
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has awarded direct sale-direct purchase (DSDP) contracts to 15 consortia grouping more than 30 energy companies, oil traders and politically well-connected Nigerian partners. The contracts are...
Finance minister Henry Rotich has pleaded not guilty to corruption and fraud charges related to two hydroelectric dam projects. Rotich was arrested on 22 July. The charges relate to the procurement and payment process for the 80MW Arror River and...
Prequalification has begun for the second phase of the giant Midelt solar project, part of the Noor programme managed by the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (Masen). The Midelt projects employ concentrated solar power (CSP) and solar...
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