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Weekly Newsletter - 09/02/2018

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
Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB appeals to member countries to contribute to the 7th General Capital Increase in an effort to reach it's developmental goal - Alternative Energy Africa
Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB approves $10m loan to support African Local Currency Bond Fund in an effort to develop domestic capital markets - Alternative Energy Africa
Nigeria: AIIM invests in Starsight, an energy services company offering solar-diesel-battery hybrid solutions - Alternative Energy Africa
Nigeria: NDPHC commences construction of 132/33kV injection substation power transformer projects - ESI Africa
Ghana: Millenium Development Authority signs Implementing Entity Agreement to acquire land lease for construction of substation - ESI Africa
East Africa
Kenya: Ketraco awards CET $240m contract to connect Standard Gauge Railway to national power grid - Alternative Energy Africa
Kenya: Masinga hydroelectric power plant to close down due to low water levels if no rain in two weeks - ESI Africa
Kenya: EIB invests $78m loan for ocntruction of two solar power projects, 40MW in installed capacity each - ESI Africa
Tanzania: Safal Group selected to supply natural gas-fueled captive power plant to support manufacturing facility - Alternative Energy Africa
Uganda: Power Africa launches accelerator to boost East African power generation by 1GW - ESI Africa
Uganda: UEGCL to take on role as primary operator of country's power infrastructure despite privatisation policy - ESI Africa
Seychelles: Climate change policies and initiatives commited to reducing greenhouse gas emissions recognised by World Economic Forum - ESI Africa
Ethiopia: Geothermal projects (Reykjavik Geothermal Ltd) backed by private equity and hedge funds - Renewable Energy World
Southern Africa
Zimbabwe: Weighted blending of electricity tariffs affecting the investment into the energy sector - ESI Africa
South Africa: Eskom to sign PPAs for outstanding projects selected under bidding windows 3.5, 4 and 4.5 - Alternative Energy Africa
South Africa: Public Investment Corporation commits to $411m bridging facility to Eskom for one month - ESI Africa
Mozambique: Naamcha utility-scale wind farm to receive $985,000 from Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa for project preparation activities - Alternative Energy Africa
Mozambique: Government signs agreement with Lesotho to sell between 10 and 30MW, expecting to earn $7m - ESI Africa
Malawi: JCM Matswani Solar Corp issues RfP for EPC contract to develop 40MW solar power plant in Salima District - ESI Africa
Malawi: Government procures 78 diesel powered generators in attempt to reduce blackouts to 9 hours a day - ESI Africa 
Africa General / Rest of World
Sub-Saharan Africa: BEAM investment platform, set to deploy $50m in equity for distributed energy service companies - Alternative Energy Africa
UK: GE and Arenko to provide energy storage solution providing power supply to 100,000 homes, improving grid energy efficiency - Alternative Energy Africa
UK and Netherlands: N-Sea secures £40m worth of offshore windfarm interconnector projects - Alternative Energy Africa 
Crowd funding: Trends common to successful energy access related to crowdfunding in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia - Energy4Impact
Philippines: Department of Tourism encourages sustainable tourism in the country in line with ASEAN goals - Alternative Energy Africa
Egypt: Mounting Systems GmbH awarded contract for implementing 650 uniaxial trackers for 64MWp solar power project - Alternative Energy Africa
US: Clean Energy regime under Trump - Bloomberg New Energy Finance
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