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AfrElec CONTENTS AfrElec
COAL
NGO report argues against clean coal in South Africa 4
ESKOM
Eskom to close up to 12,000 MW of coal capacity 5
Eskom’s de Ruyter lays out Eskom’s green needs 6 POLICY
Buhari signs PIB into law 7 OFF-GRID
AfDB reaches $20mn closures for Off-Grid Recovery Platform 8 GAS-FIRED GENERATION
TLTC and Ecow-Gas hope to make Tema LNG a regional gas supply hub 9 GREEN BONDS
EBRD makes $50mn green loan to Egypt’s QNB ALAHLI 10 HYDROGEN
TAQA Arabia, MAN Energy to pioneer green hydrogen in Egypt 11 NEWS IN BRIEF 12 NEWSBASE’S POWER ROUNDUP GLOBAL 15
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