West Africa
Cameroon: US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) awards grants for solar mini-grids (Afrik21)
- Recipients Renewable Energy Innovators Cameroon and SimpliPhi will use the funding to perform feasibility studies for a project aiming to electrify 100,000 rural households.
Côte d’Ivoire: Smart grids and solar energy programme to get USD155 million boost (Construction Review)
- The funding is the result of a credit agreement between the country’s government and the French Development Agency and will be used mostly for the construction of a ground-breaking 20MW floating solar station.
Ghana: Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) calls for an end to government control (ESI Africa)
- ACEP Executive Director Ben Boayke believes the country’s power sector troubles are partly due to government management..
Ghana: Solar plant installed at Guinness brewery (Afrik21)
- Guinness Ghana Breweries transitioning to cleaner production processes as CrossBoundary installs 1,095kWp of rooftop solar.
Nigeria: The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) to concession 700MW Zungeru hydro plant (Afrik21)
- BPE of Nigeria has launched a tender to recruit a collaborator in concessioning the plant with the aim of stimulating the provision of the country’s electricity services. The plant’s construction is 87% complete and it is expected to have an annual production of 2,630 GWh.
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