Camco REPP Newsletter

Weekly Newsletter - 13/12/2019

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

Burkina Faso: 2.6MW Samendeni hydro dam officially operational Afrik21
Burkina Faso: AfDB lends US$54.04 million to develop 208MWp of solar PV-Tech
Senegal: 159MW Taiba wind farm starts feeding electricity to the grid renews.biz

East Africa

Kenya: Country enters the top 5 emerging market clean energy rankings BusinessDaily
Kenya: Clean energy project applications surge despite fears of oversupply StandardMedia
Uganda: US$70 million loan for Umeme to upgrade transmission infrastructure and expand grid EngineeringNews

Southern Africa

Mozambique: EDM receives US$81.30 million loan to upgrade power network GBA
South Africa: Eskom declares stage 6 load shedding amid shortage of 5,000MW EngineeringNews
Tanzania: Solar rollout project sees initial 5,000 households gain access to electricity IPPMedia
Zambia: Water levels in Kariba dam fall to 10% the lowest level since 1996 EngineeringNews

Southeast Asia & Caribbean

Dominican Republic: Government partners with GIZ to simplify processing procedures for clean energy projects bnamericas
Malaysia: US$50 million secured for 200MW of solar for agrivoltaic project PV-Magazine
Vietnam: Wind energy expected to ease power shortages SaigonTimes

Africa General / Rest of World

Africa: African delegates attending COP25 advocate for prevention and adaptation Afrik21
Africa: EIB and TDB open US$120 million line of credit for SME off-grid IPPs Afrik21
ASEAN: Region plans to boost clean energy capacity but faces many challenges ASEANPost
General: Shell Foundation and FMO launch US$120 million fund to support early to growth stage companies in SSA AEP
General: Adoption of renewables will result in substantial water savings PV-Magazine
General: EU launches €3 billion fund to research batteries FT

Technology

Solar: 8.5kW offshore solar pilot proves successful and will be scaled up PV-Magazine
Solar: Researchers develop more durable solar tiles for pavements and cycle tracks PV-Magazine
Solar: Researchers develop more efficient self cleaning coating for solar panels PV-Magazine

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