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Weekly Newsletter - 12/01/2018

Dear <<First Name>>,
Please find below this week's summary of renewable and related energy news for Africa and beyond.
Kind regards,
The REPP Team
West Africa
Togo: ContourGlobal developed Lome thermal power plant with financing support and political risk insurance - ESI Africa
Nigeria: NERC decides to review electricity tariffs in light of unrecognised customers - ESI Africa
Nigeria: Damaged pipelines affected country's power supply, providing 3600 MW - ESI Africa
Nigeria: Azura-Edo wind power plant, 459 MW, located in Benin City, has synchronised to the grid - ESI Africa
Nigeria: Sokoto state government awards contract for 250 solar powered water schemes, developed in rural communities - ESI Africa
Sierra Leone: President launches landmark 6MW solar park, financed by IRENA and ADFD - ESI Africa
Hybrid micro-grids, specifically solar hybridisation, is gaining traction in emerging markets - ESI Africa
East Africa
Rwanda: OFIC appoves US$1m grant for Energy 4 Impact to develop the small-scale solar irrigation market - Alternative Energy Africa
Uganda: Umeme Ltd to invest US$155m for rehabilitation of old distribution networks - Alternative Energy Africa
Uganda: Fenix International welcomes new CFO, already raising debt and equity financing for solar home systems - Alternative Energy Africa
Kenya: Power line connecting Lake Turkana wind power project to national grid due by June 2018 - Alternative Energy Africa
Kenya: Competition Authority of Kenya lodges action against Kenya Power for abuse of market dominance - ESI Africa
Kenya: Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa approves $995,000 grant for waste-to-energy plant, located in Kabira - ESI Africa
Ethiopia: Sunshine Construction plans to build a 100MW solar park - Alternative Energy Africa
Southern Africa
Zimbabwe: Telecoms company, Econet, confirms rooftop solar PV power plant, 0.45MW, after experiencing power outages - ESI Africa
Zimbabwe: Revenue Authority exceeds gross annual performance by 17%, net collections being US$3.75bn - ESI Africa
Malawi: ESCOM secures gensets to add 78MW to national power grid capacity for stand-by power - ESI Africa
Zambia: Investment in the energy sector has successfully reduced power outages, due to upgrades and setting up new hydropower stations and solar plants - ESI Africa
South Africa: Surplus electricity is growing while a 14% decline in demand continues with rising tariffs - ESI Africa
Africa General / Rest of World
Africa: IEA releases report demonstrating continued solar PV growth through to 2022 - Alternative Energy Africa
Egypt: ACWA reaches financial close on three solar PV projects, combined capacity of 165MWp, cost of US$190m - Alternative Energy Africa
Corporate funding into the solar sector amounted to $12.8bn in 2017, 41% higher than 2016 - Alternative Energy Africa
AfDB approves $30m investment in FEI OGEF, a debt fund designed to provide loans in hard and local currencies to off-grid projects - Alternative Energy Africa
Portugal: 1MW solar and 4.5MW wind power to be supplied to Island of Graciosa reducing reliance on fossil fuels - Alternative Energy Africa
France: BayWa r.e commissions 41MW solar plant to supply 20,000 houses and secure 20 year PPA - PVTech
Netherlands: Shell to develop 20MW solar power plant at petrochemicals manufacturing sites - PVTech
US: FERC dismisses grid resilience rule as it does not meet with statutory requirements of Federal Power Act - Renewable Energy World
Global offshore wind market to grow six-fold by 2030 - Bloomberg New Energy Finance
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