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| African Power Platform - Newsletter #9 | ||||||||
Week 08, 2019 | |||||||||
EDITORIAL | |||||||||
Dear reader, Welcome to the ninth African Power Platform (APP) newsletter. This week we started seeing news from the Africa50 fund, an initiative with a promising mandate but very few reported projects on the ground. The C&I space keeps showing a positive trend in Africa, with projects being commissioned and funds made available for development of more projects. Although it has been hard to progress on large greenfield hydropower projects, there are plenty of old plants with operational capacity far below the maximum capacity. That could be the lowest hanging fruit for utilities for increasing generation, through rehabilitation projects of those facilities, like we have seen with Voith contract in Benin. South Africa reported the commissioning of its first solar power desalination plant, a combination of technologies with huge potential, mostly in island states where water resources are scarce. Last week we shared an article alerting for the lack of qualified technicians holding back the progress of renewables in Africa. This week Senegal announced the creation of a renewable energy training and research program, a step in the right direction. Meanwhile, the APP keeps here, serving the power industry in Africa.
Jorge Lascas Founder & Managing Director | |||||||||
FROM THE PRESS | |||||||||
SOUTH AFRICA: Sun Exchange signs fund agreement with Decentral Energy for solar projects. Read the article >> Solar-generation microleasing platform Sun Exchange on Tuesday announced that it had signed an agreement with Johannesburg-based boutique clean energy fund manager Decentral Energy, said Sun Exchange founder and CEO Abe Cambridge. | |||||||||
CONGO: Africa50 to mobilise funds for Congo’s gas-fired power plant. Read the article >> Pan-African infrastructure investment platform, Africa50, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of the Republic of Congo to structure and mobilise financing for the expansion of one of its gas-fired power plants. | |||||||||
GHANA: CrossBoundary commissions solar off grid for bottling plant. Read the article >> Yingli Namene West Africa Ltd, a Ghanaian company has just completed the construction of a solar off grid on the roof of a factory in Accra, the capital of Ghana. The company collaborates with CrossBoundary Energy Ghana, an investment fund manager specialising in solar energy production. The plant will supply energy to a bottling plant owned by Kasapreko Company Limited, a Ghanaian company. | |||||||||
AFRICA: Market is opening up to corporate PPAs – Baker McKenzie. Read the article >> At a time when electricity tariffs are increasing and the shift towards greener energy is gaining momentum, law firm Baker McKenzie says Africa is starting to see a surge in the signing of corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs). | |||||||||
AFRICA: Cost optimisation driving renewable energy adoption at African mines. Read the article >> After various projects have demonstrated the value of renewables for reducing diesel, heavy fuel oil and gas consumption, mining companies can now benefit from the significant cost reduction potential that renewable energy holds, according to a newreport by THEnergy and Voltalia. | |||||||||
WEST AFRICA: Voith signs contract for West Africa hydropower plant modernisation. Read the article >> Voith has secured a €22m contract from Communtauté Electrique du Bénin (CEB) to carry out modernisation works of Nangbeto hydropower plant on the Mono River that borders Benin and Togo, West Africa. | |||||||||
SOUTH AFRICA: Official opening of first solar powered desalination plant. Read the article >> The project not only constitutes a highly innovative model in terms of French-South African cooperation, but its sustainable and decentralized production of drinkable water could be replicated in a highly cost-effective manner for communities along the South African coastline, as well as inland, anywhere with sufficient brackish water available. | |||||||||
SENEGAL: Launches renewable energy training and research program. Read the article >> French investment firm Meridiam has launched a research and training program focused on renewable energy development in Dakar. The training program is managed by the International Centre for Training and Research in solar energy (CIFRES), a unit of the Higher Polytechnic School of Dakar (ESP). | |||||||||
WEST AFRICA: ECOWAS completes its new Regional Master Plan. Read the article >> The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has finalized its new Regional Master Plan for the Production and Transmission of Electric Power. The plan, which was presented by Secretary General of the West African Power Pool (WAPP), Siengui Appollinaire Ki, aims to increase power access and coverage across the West African region. | |||||||||
SOUTH AFRICA: Enel breaks ground on 140-MW wind farm. Read the article >> Enel Green Power RSA (EGP RSA) will build the facility, its third in the Eastern Cape province, at a total cost of over EUR 200 million (USD 225.65m). Nxuba is expected to start operations by September 2020 generating more than 460 GWh of electricity per year and offsetting some 500,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions annually. | |||||||||
FROM THE MEMBERS | |||||||||
Mott MacDonald has appointed Liz King as managing director of its business in Africa, succeeding George Rennie who has retired after a successful career with the company spanning 36 years. Liz will be responsible for the for the day-to-day management and operational performance of the business in Africa where it currently operates in countries across the continent.
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TENDERS | |||||||||
Submission deadline: 21st February 2019 | Category: Consultancy Region: Malawi | Entity: IFC - International Finance Corporation
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Submission deadline: 28th February 2019 | Category: Consultancy Region: Ethiopia | Entity: Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP)
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Submission deadline: 4th March 2019 | Category: Consultancy Region: West Africa | Entity: ECREEE - ECOWAS Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
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Submission deadline: 7th March 2019 | Category: Consultancy Region: Burkina Faso | Entity: IFC - International Finance Corporation
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Submission deadline: 9th March 2019 | Category: Consultancy Region: East Africa | Entity: East African Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (EACREEE)
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Submission deadline: 12th March 2019 | Category: EPC Region: Ghana | Entity: Helius Power Company Limited (HPC)
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Submission deadline: 26th March 2019 | Category: EPC Region: Uganda | Entity: Rural Electrification Agency (REA)
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Submission deadline: 26th March 2019 | Category: EPC Region: Angola | Entity: Fishery Sector Support Project
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Submission deadline: 8th April 2019 | Category: Supply Region: Mali, Uganda, Guinea-Bissau | Entity: FRES – Foundation Rural Energy Services
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ACCELERATOR | |||||||||
The “Africa Power Access Accelerator” program, by the African Power Platform, bridges the existing gap between project developers and consultants / technology providers / financiers. First application window closes on the 31st March 2019.
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GRANTS | |||||||||
The kickstarter program has 5 key components including: 1) A $1.5 Million Results Based Financing (RBF) Grant Facility aimed at stimulating the sale/provision of 150,000 new SHS off-grid connections; 2) Access to working capital; debt and equity finance from various local financial institutions; 3) Operation Support i.e. technical assistance to SHS companies; 4) A Consumer Solar Awareness and Education Campaign; 5) Policy and Regulatory Reform initiatives including strengthening fiscal incentives and support like VAT & Duty Exemptions. Eligible Country: Malawi | Deadline: 15th March 2019. | |||||||||
USADF and All On invite you to submit proposals for innovative off-grid solutions to “power up” underserved areas of Nigeria. Applicants should be developing, scaling up or extending energy technologies to off-grid areas of Nigeria. Eligible Country: Nigeria | Deadline: 15th March 2019. | |||||||||
UPCOMING EVENTS | |||||||||
Date: 12 - 14 March 2019 | Location: Dakar, Senegal
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Date: 20 - 21 March 2019 | Location: Kampala, Uganda
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Date: 27 - 28 March 2019 | Location: Hamburg, Germany
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FEATURED REPORT | |||||||||
Publication date: 2018, December | Author: Energy 4 Impact Powering the Crowd into the Future is the fifth and final report in the Crowd Power series and captures the key learnings from three years of research into crowd-sourced financing for energy access businesses and projects.
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