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Weekly Newsletter - 22/09/2017

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
Chad: African Development Bank invests $540m for development of the NDP - New Business Ethiopia
Morocco: Valorem closure causes standstill to construction of 50MW solar project - Alternative Energy Africa
Nigeria: Government urged to encourage private sector investment in the power sector - The Nation
Nigeria: Prepaid meters generate N1.7bn in Sokoto State in revenue collection - ESI Africa
Cameroon: Dam and station works ready for operation, Sinhydro plant awaits the contruction of the transmission network - Alternative Energy Africa
East Africa
Tanzania: World Economic Report 2017 ranks top country in East Africa for receiving FDI worth $1.36bn - AllAfrica
Tanzania: Power transmission line at Gongo la Mboto been issued 2 week ultimatum to be completed - ESI Africa
Tanzania: Kibo, close to securing project finance, negotiating PPA with Tanesco - ESI Africa
Rwanda: Regulatory fraemwork encourages Norwegian energy partners to explore opportunities - ESI Africa
Kenya: KPLC and IFC launch program to technical and commercial losses in electricity grid - Alternative Energy Africa
Kenya: Kenya Off-grid Solar Access Project supported by $150m World Bank initiative launched - ESI Africa
Southern Africa
Mozambique: Government hoping to attract foreign investment of $500m for renewable enegry projects - Engineering News
South Africa: Earth Life advise government that renweable energy to be primary source of energy, not nuclear - EyeWitness News
South Africa: Programs for new coal and gas IPP projects need to wait for regulatory and policy - Business Report
South Africa: Drought caused by political apathy - Fin24
South Africa: USTDA trials Primus Power's flow batteries - Energy Storage
South Africa: Business Chamber describes Eskom's tariff hike of 19.9% for FY 2018/19 "crippling" - ESI Africa
Africa General / Rest of World
Iran: UK company, Quercus, to build Eur500m solar plant despite diplomatic tensions with US - Financial Times
US: Trump administration confirms continual support of Power Africa Initiative - Alternative Energy Africa
Vietnam: World Bank and utility install five measuring stations to encourage renewables deployment - PV Tech
Finland: Utility, Fortum, plan to offer $9.7bn for legacy fossil fuel and trading business, Uniper - Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Australia: South Australia state to reach 50% target of renewable energy by 2025 - Renewable Energy World
UAE: 700MW CSP plant awarded to ACWA Power and Shanghai Electric at a tariff of  $0.073/kWh - Renewable Energy World
Total buys stake in Eren RE to assist finance and accelerate renewable energy projects - PV Tech
Rise of off-grid solar storage market expected to reach $3.1bn by 2020 - Renewable Energy World 
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