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Weekly Newsletter - 23/03/2018

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
Burkina Faso: Wartsila to construct 15MWp solar hybrid power plant to supply Iamgold Essakane S.A gold mine - Alternative Energy Africa
Burkina Faso: AfDB issues $74m grant to finance 330kV Nigeria-Niger-Benin-Togo-Burkina Faso transmission line - Alternative Energy Africa
Nigeria: AfDB to support teh Power Sector Recovery Program in operational technical intervention, governance issues and policy - Alternative Energy Africa
Nigeria: Rocky Mountain Institute and Rural Electrification Agency to launch mini-grid framework to achieve $0.20/kWh from electric mini-grid technology by 2020 - ESI Africa
Nigeria: Federal government includes green bond as option to finance programmes and projects identified in NDCs on climate change - ESI Africa
Ghana: Solar manufacturers ready to partner with solar companies to assist government to achieve solar energy targets - ESI Africa
East Africa
Kenya: Ketraco to construct 400kV transmission line for coal power plant in Lamu city, project cost of $220m - Alternative Energy Africa
Kenya: Kenya Power looking to increase supply quality and capacity to support 24 hour economy - ESI Africa
Kenya: BBOXX, in collaboration with TRINE, raises Eur1m in crowdfunding to scale up operations - Alternative Energy Africa
Kenya: JICA signed loan agreement of $94m for rehabilitation of units 1 to 3 of Olkaria | Power Plant to 51MW total - ESI Africa
Togo: Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Agency secures $40m for solar PV kits, targeting 350 villages - Alternative Energy Africa
Uganda: MIGA and IFC approves loan of more than $400m for refinancing of Bujagali hydroelectric power plant and provide guarantees worth $423m - Alternative Energy Africa
Ethiopia: AFD and European Union Infrastructure Trust Fund provide funds to contract the drilling of six shallow and two deep geothermal wells at Dubti fields - ESI Africa
Tanzania: Domestically produced natural gas used as alternative for diesel saves country $4bn between 2015 until 2017 - ESI Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa: Siemens, in collaboration with Gauteng Infrastructure Funding Agency, host Waste2Energy workshop for potential waste solutions - Alternative Energy Africa
South Africa: Through a 30% hike in tariff, Eskom to recover ZAR66bn for over-expenditure and low sales - ESI Africa
Namibia: Alten Africa and Proparco secures $50m in funding for 45MW Mariental solar power plant - Alternative Energy Africa
Mozambique: Sweden to provide $6.4m grant to public-owned utility, EDM, to provide studies on efficiency, capacity building and EIAs - ESI Africa
Zimbabwe: 100MW Gwanda solar project development collapses as corruption and fraud charges against Wicknell Chivayo by ZPC are laid - ESI Africa
Zimbabwe: Amendment in Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act allows for foreign investors to establish operations - ENSafrica
Caribbean and Southeast Asia
Antigua and Barbuda: ICOD to sell Antigua and Barbuda coin to fund a variety of solar power plants with battery storage, hydroponic agriculture operationsand micro-finance projects - ETHNews
Vanuatu: Country to review climate policies and plans to prepare after food and water shortages followig hurricane Pam - allAfrica
Singapore: Engie invests $80m over the next five years to drive initiatives and technical competencies in energy efficiency - Business Chief
Vietnam: South Korean President to strengthen economic ties, especially in trade and energy sectors - Nikkei Asian Review
Vietnam: Doosan Heavy Industries signs EPC agreement to build offshore wind power plant - Pulse
Australia: Country to invest A$30m into the Asean-Australia Smart Cities Initiative, fostering smart city development and regional economic integration - NewStraits Times
Malaysia: Securities commission announces debut of green sukuk, a syariah-compliant SRI instrument for renewable energy and environmentally sustainable projects - NewStraits Times
Caribbean: Caribbean Development Bank takes on infrastructural challenges after promising economic growth of 0.6% despite hurricanes Irma and Maria - St Lucia The Star
Africa General / Rest of World
Denmark: Green energy facility, Eur45m, to finance sustainable power and heat through advanced solar energy system technology - Alternative Energy Africa
Western Europe: outperforms other regions on Global Green Finance Index, measuring financial sytems that deliver sustainable development - Clean Technica
Mexico: Government introduces clean energy certificates, elading to an additional 24TWh by 2022 - Bloomberg New Energy Finance
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