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Kenya experiences national power outage due to collapsed transmission line towers
Kenya on Tuesday January 11, 2022 experienced nationwide power outage (blackout) caused by the collapse of Kiambere -Embakasi high voltage electricity transmission line.
Manufacturers applaud Kenya’s 15% power tariff cut
The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) on Tuesday (11 January) welcomed a 15 % reduction in power tariffs by the country’s Energy Ministry.
AfrElec: Globeleq-led consortium reaches financial close on $652.3mn gas-fired CTT project
Egypt’s Electricity Transmission Co. signs two power unit contracts worth $15.26mn with Mega Construction and Industries
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.
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.
Kenya’s Olkaria 1 Unit 6 83-MW geothermal plant set to start operating in 2022
Kenya’s 83-MW Olkaria 1 Unit 6 geothermal plant, now under construction, should start feeding into Kenya’s national grid in early 2022.
Uber partners with Kenya’s Opibus to deploy 3,000 electric motorcycles
Opibus is partnering with Uber Technologies Inc to deploy in 2022 up to 3,000 electric motorcycles to drivers in East Africa following successful pilot program.
Nigeria’s Green Bond market value grew to NGN55.52bn in first four years, NGX chief says
South African platinum miner Sedibelo eyes revolutionary green tech
Kenya’s cost of electricity to drop by 15% before end of 2021
Kenyan consumers are set to benefit from reduction of electricity bills in two tranches with first 15 % drop effective before December 25, 2021.
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