Camco REPP Newsletter

Weekly Newsletter - 01/11/2019

Dear <<First Name>>,
Please find below this week's summary of renewable and related energy news for Africa and beyond.

Kind regards,

The Camco Team

West Africa

DRC: US$14 billion Inga III hydro dam at risk of failing EngineeringNews
Gabon: Construction of 34MW Kinguele hydro dam set to begin in Q2 2020 EnergyCentral
Ghana: US$190 million worth of power grants cancelled AE-Africa
Senegal: First 50MW of 158MW Taiba wind farm to be connected to grid by mid-December Afrik21

East Africa

Ethiopia: ACWA power awarded 2 x 125MW solar projects GreenBuildingAfrica
Kenya: Bernard Ngugi appointed new CEO of Kenya Power GreenBuildingAfrica
Uganda: 4MW of solar to be connected to the grid ConstructionReview
Uganda: Power exports to Kenya increase Daily Monitor

Southern Africa

Madagascar: President fires energy minister over fuel shortages BNEF
Malawi: Strategic investor sought for 350MW Mpatamanga hydro project Nasdaq
South Africa: Sweeping reforms announced for the power sector reuters
Swaziland: 13 bidders for 40MW PV tender PV-Tech
Zambia: New 200MW wind farm in Katete announced Lusaka Times

Southeast Asia & Caribbean

Cuba: Rooftop solar plant powers hospital Cuba News
Singapore: Contract for 3MW of floating solar awarded PV-Tech
Vietnam: 49MW of solar to be financed by French development agency PV-Tech
Vietnam: 90MW wind farm announced renews.biz
Vietnam: Country becomes regional leader in solar capacity Business Times

Africa General / Rest of World

Africa: Nile talks between Egypt, Ethiopia and World Bank to take place in US Bloomberg
General: Siemens Gamesa 'greens' FX hedging renews.biz
General: Levelized cost of renewables continues to fall Clean Technica/BNEF
General: APEC and climate summits cancelled due to civil unrest Guardian
USA: Milestone of 100GW of installed wind capacity reached renews.biz
USA: Solar firms grow as fires spread through California reuters
Technology: Old mine shafts to be used for energy storage RenewableEnergyHub

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