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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has allocated Côte d’Ivoire two loans totaling €150 million to strengthen its electricity network. The first loan worth €100 million is for the construction of Atinkou’s combined cycle thermal power plant. The electricity generating unit with a capacity of 390 MW will be located in the locality of Taboth and […]
The European Union and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have earmarked about €67 million to support the fight against climate change in Niger. The funding will support the Program for Integrated Development and Adaptation to Climate Change (PIDACC) in the Niger Basin. The funding agreement was signed by the Nigerien Minister of Planning, Kané Aichatou […]
CDC Group, the UK government’s foreign investment arm, has announced it will invest $300 million in power grid development in Africa over the next five years. This contribution will be made through Gridworks, a company that will be launched shortly to this end. The company will make investments in African transmission networks, but also […]
Uganda has commissioned a turnkey 10 MW photovoltaic solar power plant in Bufulbi, southeast Uganda. According to the Greek company, Metka EGN, the facility is equipped with the latest technology available on the market, with a system that allows solar panels to track the sun. The 10-megawatt photovoltaic solar power plant is built on an […]
German independent power producer Siemens Gamesa is in talk with Egyptian authorities to inject €2 billion in a large wind power project in the East of the country. According to officials, the mega wind project would generate 2 GW of electricity under a BOO (build, own and operate) contract, a form of public-private partnership […]
Unilever Kenya, a subsidiary of Unilever, an Anglo-Dutch conglomerate has recently commissioned a 619 kWp solar park in the East African nation to supply electricity to its tea leaf processing plant. The mini-grid project was conducted by CrossBoundary Energy, an investment fund specializing in the financing of off-grid projects for companies. The solar park was […]
In Ghana, researchers are testing a system that will turn cocoa into biofuels to benefit African farming communities currently with little or no access to grid power. The project funded by the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom will be tested in Ghana, one of the world’s largest producers of cocoa. The new green […]
Tunisia’s 10 MW Tozeur photovoltaic solar power plant will be completed by the end of June 2019. The solar power plant located in the west of Tunisia will be connected to the national electricity distribution grid. The Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract between an Italian company and the Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company (Steg) […]
Morocco’s National Office for Electricity & Drinking Water (ONEE) has joined the Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership (GSEP), a CEO-led international organization composed of the world’s leading electricity companies promoting sustainable electrification worldwide. The membership of ONEE to the global organization of electricity companies was announced lately at GSEP Summit 2019 held in Osaka, Japan. ONEE […]
Independent power producer (IPP) Ignite Power has announced that it will provide electricity to 2 million people in rural Sierra Leone through solar home kits. The $50 million investment will allow the power producer to install small networks to cover the needs of households in the West African nation. They consist of a solar panel […]