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Weekly Newsletter - 09/03/2018

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
Nigeria: USAID discusses $5m investments into renewable energy projects not connected to the grid with Central Bank of Nigeria - Alternative Energy Africa
Nigeria: REA partners with Rocky Mountain Institute to reduce cost of power through mini-grids by 60%, looking specifically into system costs, demand stimulation and supporting policy - ESI Africa
Nigeria: Power Africa and USAID conclude $2m project in enabling 2.5MW through on- and off-grid sources - Alternative Energy Africa
Nigeria: Energy Landscape White Paper available here - The SolarFuture Nigeria
Burkina Faso: Rural electrification initiative, ERD-ZIGO, costing $13m and co-financed by EU for up to 72%, has been launched - Alternative Energy Africa
Cameroon: World Bank will provide $300m guarantee to facilitate mobilisation of funds for the construction of Nachtgal Dam, generating 400MW - Alternative Energy Africa
Sierra Leone: Westen Area Power Generation project commences ocnstruction, generating an installed capacity of 57MW - ESI Africa
Ghana: Energy Bond under scrutiny - ESI Africa
East Africa
Kenya: Voith contracted to refurbish Wanjii hydropower plant, operating for 60 years - Alternative Energy Africa
Kenya: Chinese bank assisting in financing coal power plant construction, costing $2bn - The New York Times
Ethiopia: World Bank sanctioned $375m to support government in achieving universal energy access by 2025 - ESI Africa
Ethiopia: Roadmap developed on site selection, grid and bankable data to power sales, financing, procurement policies and O&M for wind projects - ESI Africa
Uganda: Benefits and challenges analysis into mobile money electricity payments - ESI Africa
Southern Africa
Angola: Government secures Eur247m for construction of electricity transmission system associated with the Lauca hydropower plant - Alternative Energy Africa
Madagascar: AccionaEnergia, Globaleq and Ormat selected in World Bank's Scaling Solar programme - Alternative Energy Africa
Zambia: GCF approves $50m loan and $2.5m grant for Renewable Energy Financing Framework - ESI Africa
South Africa: Minister of Energy, Jeff Radebe, reinstates signing of PPAs under the REI4P, allowing for long term investor confidence in the energy sector - energyblog
South Africa: Outstanding PPAs to be signed by energy minister next week - ESI Africa
GIZ report: South Africa: Impact of variable generation technologies on system operation - energyblog
BRICS: New Development Bank launched to mobilise resources for development projects in Brics countries - Engineering News
Mozambique: Anadarko Petroleum Corporation receives approval of LNG development plan - ESI Africa
Mozambique: Scatec Solar, KLP Norfund Investments and EDM close debt financing of $17m for 40MW solar power plant - ESI Africa
Africa General / Rest of World
Energy storage market directed at mini-grid electrification sectors - Alternative Energy Africa
Abu Dhabi: Masdar to install 290kW rooftop solar systems to serve Khazna data Centers - Alternative Energy Africa
Algeria: IFC in high level talks with Government to increase access to finance, promote job creation and support entrepreneurs - Alternative Energy Africa
France: Onshore wind auction sees price drop to an average weighted bid of 65.4 Eur/MWh - Bloomberg New Energy Finance
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