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Weekly Newsletter - 08/12/2017

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 stresses need for country to move away from dependency on foreign aid - Quartz Africa
Nigeria: Troops kill three suspected Boko Haram insurgents at Gajibo Village - Alternative Energy Africa
Nigeria: State-run oil company to build a bioethanol power plant to use cassava and sugar-cane as feedstock - Alternative Energy Africa
Nigeria: Generation companies to liberate the electriicty sector from current monopoly - ESI Africa
Nigeria: Start-up company converts freezers to solar powered coolers to assist in reducing food wastage - ESI Africa
Burkina Faso: Zagtouli solar PV plant financed by an EU grant of Eur25m and AFD loan of Eur22.5m - Alternative Energy Africa
Sierra Leone: Parliament ratifies 25 year PPA and Implementation Agreements between government and Joule Africa - Alternative Energy Africa
Togo: BBOXX begins operation in Awagome rural town, rolling out 300,000 solar home systems by 2022 - Alternative Energy Africa
East Africa
Kenya and Uganda: M-KOPA raised $80m in loans, demoninated in local currency for expansion of development - Alternative Energy Africa
Kenya and Tanzania: Energy 4 Impact partners with M-Changa to raise crowd funding to increase development of  female clean energy micro entrepreneurs - Alternative Energy Africa
Kenya: Conflict between use of $601m Thwake dam for water supply versus electricity generation - ESI Africa
Kenya: Businesses closer to power generation plants to incur reduced tariffs, promoting economic growth - ESI Africa
South Sudan: Transmission line to be reinstated and tariff adjusted to revive power supply throughout region - ESI Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa: Engie acquires 100% shares in Thermaire Investments Ltd and Ampire to grow presence in Africa - Alternative Energy Africa
South Africa: Integrated Resource Plan to be revised and updated - ESI Africa
South Africa: Eskom concerned over urgent application for environmental safeguards against nuclear build - ESI Africa
Zambia: GET FiT becomes official implementation for REFiT strategy providing 200MW for small to medium-scale energy projects - ESI Africa
Africa General / Rest of World
Solar home systems are losing momentum in sales due to financing constraints - LinkedIn
Egypt: Former prime minister gets deported upon his intent to run for president - Alternative Energy Africa
Poland: 80MW Siarzewo hydropower plant to be built with an estimated cost of US$619m - Renewable Energy World
US: Solar Energy Industries Association reveals six recommendations to increase solar industry growth - PV Tech
Australia: Renewable Energy Technology Fund supporting energy storage boosts project development throughout country - Renewable Energy World
Australia: Modelling of National Energy Guarantee - Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Emergence of "prosumers" have created the need for microgrids, however, challenges still exist - Renewable Energy World
Article: Corporate PPAs providing a solution in an unsubsidised sector - Legal Briefing
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