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AEC emphasises decentralised power generation's role in electrifying rural Africa
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Dubai firm AMEA Power wins contract to build two battery energy storage projects in South Africa
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Namibia seeks Chinese investment into nuclear energy development
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ASX-listed gas explorer D3 Energy starts production testing in Free State province of South Africa
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