West Africa
Gabon: FGIS signs contract with Asonha Energie to build 35MW hydro plant (Afrik21)
- The Gabonese Strategic Investment Fund (FGIS) has partnered with Meridiam to build the Kinguele Aval dam.
Ghana: Rehabilitation works on the 160MW Kpong hydro plant have been completed (Afrik21)
- After 43 months of work by the Andritz Hydro company the station is now back online and is expected to supply 12% of Ghana's electricity.
Ghana: Electricity Company of Ghana to use drones to inspect network (ESI)
- Fifteen drones will be deployed in a variety of roles, including monitoring the network, conducting routine inspections and undertaking route mapping for new lines.
Ghana: Government encourages VRA to export power to save over US$500 million annually (My Joy Online)
- Take-or-pay agreements signed by the previous government are costing the country dearly due to nearly half of its electricity not being used.
Mali: 3.9MW/2.6MWh solar-plus-storage to be built at Nampala gold mine (PV-Magazine)
- Vivo energy will construct the facility, which is expected to reduce the cost of every kilowatt consumed by US$0.04.
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