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Ethiopia aims to begin generation at GERD in January

Ethiopia expects to begin test generation from the first two 350-MW units at the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) within days, local media reported.

Mozambique seeks consultants for first floating solar farm

Mozambique’s state-owned power company Electricidade de Mocambique (EDM) is seeking consultants to help develop the country’s first floating solar farm.

Morocco-UK power link gains new director

Former Rolls-Royce chairman Ian Davis has been appointed to the board of UK-based Xlinks, which is promoting a 3,800-km subsea transmission cable from Morocco to the UK.

KHNP named as sole bidder for procurement of El Dabaa equipment

Rosatom has named Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) as the sole bidder for a contract to procure and build the main turbine islands for units 1-4 of Egypt’s El Dabaa nuclear power plant.

Satellite data to play key role in finding new ways to cut urban emissions

Investing in low-carbon and resilient urban development will play a key role in meeting global climate change goals and cutting city emissions, according to new research from the World Bank

EBRD extends €25mn to Moroccan Bank for Trade and Industry to support green energy projects

Two approaches to LNG

Two LNG projects in Mozambique and Mauritania appear to be gaining some headway, but their sponsors are following different strategies.

Morocco plans to raise renewable energies’ share to 52% by 2030

AfrElec: MIGA issues 20-year guarantees for Mozambique’s CTT

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) has issued guarantees of 20 years for the 450-MW Central Térmica de Temane (CTT) power generating plant in Mozambique.

Golomoti JCM UK Ltd seeks MIGA cover for solar plant in Malawi

Golomoti JCM UK Ltd has applied for risk coverage for its $24mn investment in the 20-MW solar power generating plant in Malawi.

MIGA issues guarantees for Gabon’s 35-MW hydroplant

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) has issued risk guarantees of about $28.7mn to investors of 35 megawatts (MW) hydroelectric power plant in Gabon.

World Bank to fund $150mn power recovery plan for Somalia

The World Bank is to lend $150mn to boost electricity access across Somalia by funding off-gird green power initiatives in a bid to alleviate poverty and to boost post-COVID-19 economic recovery.

Eskom could face immediate closure of power plants to meet pollution standards

Eskom’s efforts to be exempted from the South African government’s stringent new pollution standards have proved fruitless, putting in danger up to 16,000 MW of coal-fired generating capacity.

Zimbabwe power crisis worsens

Zimbabwe’s electricity grid collapsed on December 14, as some of the Kariba Dam’s generating units closing down for repairs.