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Weekly Newsletter - 25/08/2017

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
Ghana: President signs 15 year MoU with Equatorial Guinea for supply of LNG to meet energy needs - ESI Africa
Liberia: Liberian Electricity Corporation removes upfront connection fee seen as bottleneck - ESI Africa
Liberia: Mount Coffee hydropower plant generating 60,000 MWh after completion of first of four generating units - ESI Africa
Nigeria: Government invests US$107m into ancillary electricity meter supply industry - ESI Africa
Nigeria: TCN receives US$2bn for refurbishment and expansion of grid infrastructure - ESI Africa
Nigeria: Thriving SMEs bloom after access to safe, reliable affordable solar electricity - Alternative Energy Africa
DRC: Greenwish and Orange partner to deploy hybrid solar power generation to telecommunications tower fleet - Alternative Energy Africa
Cote d'Ivoire: Sinohydro commit to construction of 3 new hydroelectric power stations (GriboPopli, Louga, and Boutoubre) - Alternative Energy Africa
East Africa
East Africa: Norfund invest Sh1.9bn equity in Swiss energy fund for small-scale power project roll out - Business Daily
Uganda: JEEP and CODE awarded grant of $100,000 to expand renewable energy enterprises to reach women - Alternative Energy Africa
Tanzania: TPDC drafts master plan to optimise use of resource through infrastructure development - ESI Africa
Ethiopia: EEU obtains funds from IDA for upgrade of electric power distribution lines in 6 regions - ESI Africa
Kenya: KenGen trades stock after moving shares to declined price of $0.09 - ESI Africa
Southern Africa
Zimbabwe: Government confirms support to be provided for solar system installations in rural clinics - ESI Africa
Zambia: USTDA awards $1.05m grant to EREN Renewable Energy and Access Power for wind power project - ESI Africa
Mozambique and Malawi: Transmission line project to commence in 2018 - ESI Africa
Botswana: Lesedi coal bed methane project awarded mining license - ESI Africa
South Africa: Nersa allows Eskom's application for tariff adjustment in line with MYPD3 - ESI Africa
South Africa: Eskom will focus on electrifying three provinces - Kwa-Zulu Natal, Eastern Cape and Limpopo - ESI Africa
Africa General / Rest of World
Egypt: EBRD and Proparco to provide capital ($116m) for two 50MW solar PV power plants - Alternative Energy Africa
Peru: Enel Green Power Peru begins construction of 20MW run-of-river hydropower plant in Monzon district - Renewable Energy World
Australia: SolarReserve  to build 150MW solar thermal plant (AU$650m) with eight hours of storage - Renewable Energy World
Australia: Northern territory community to be powered by solar and storage under SETuP program - Renewable Energy World
Australia: AEMC regulator drops solar tax for feeding into grid after facing resistance from communities - PV Tech
US: Coronal Energy completes 120MWac solar PV for Department of Defense - PV Tech
US: Small-scale solar to displace US$2bn worth of electricity production - Bloomberg New Energy Finance
India: IRENA report identifies India as fourth largest market for renewable energy with 25% of energy mix - PV Tech
China: Exceeds 13th five-year plan target of 15GW after installing 10.52 GW in July - PV Tech
 
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