Energy investment update (13/09/19)

Weekly Newsletter - 13/09/2019

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

Benin: Energy independence expected by 2021 including 30% from renewables China News
Sierra Leone: USTDA awards grant to WindGen Power for 45 minigrids Renewables Now
Nigeria: Africa’s largest off-grid solar hybrid comes online PV Tech

East Africa

Kenya: Renewables dominate plans to double power generation by 2022 BNEF
Kenya: KPLC issues tender under Last Mile Connectivity Project ESI Africa
Ethiopia: ACWA Power awarded 250MW of solar PV contracts at 2.5 US cents per kWh Fana
Uganda: Sinohydro conducts preliminary tests on Karuma’s 600MW hydro dam Afrik21

Southern Africa

Zimbabwe: Tender opens for 235MW of solar projects Renewables Now
Angola: 600MW of solar power foreseen by 2022 All Africa
Namibia: 5GW solar megaproject planned in conjunction with Botswana North Africa Post
Mozambique: First large solar plant (40MW) becomes operational ESI Africa
Zimbabwe: Daily 18 hour power shortages force companies off-grid Moneyweb

Southeast Asia & Caribbean

Caribbean: CARICOM Development Fund gears up to implement pilot project launch with Camco support CDF
Dominican Republic: 34MW Matafongo wind farm reaches operation Renewables Now
Bahamas: Adoption of microgrids needs to be accelerated to improve disaster relief Microgrid Knowledge
Vietnam: Largest solar farm in Southeast Asia comes online IANS
Thailand: National utility launches Ethereum-based renewable energy platform Decrypt

Africa General / Rest of World

Europe: Carbon price weighed down by UK no-deal risk BNEF
UK: COP26 confirmed for Glasgow in 2020 BBC
Africa: Access to energy is development key says Camco MD EIB
Global: Solar power to become the world’s largest power source by 2035 Environment Journal
Africa: Camco Clean Energy: Investing in a clean energy future Construction Review

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