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COMMENTARY

Flattening the emissions curve: too slow, too
late, say UN climate scientists 4

Climate window set to slam shut warns Guterres 6

POLICY

Zimbabwe forecasts demand quadrupling to 7,000MW by 2035 8
Gas to help ease Zimbabwe’s energy crisis
if Invictus makes commercial discovery 9

South Africa approves $8.5bn decarbonisation plan 10

ESKOM

SA finance minister expected to tackle Eskom’s debt in budget 11
Former acting Eskom CEO arrested on corruption charges 12

Probe unearths $20mn in irregular spending by Kenya Power 13

TRANSMISSION

Liberia signs PPA with Ci Energies to supply extra 27MW 14

GAS GENERATION

Uganda, Tanzania sign MoU on conversion of
Namanve TPP into gas production unit 14

COAL
Botswana seeks partners for $2.5bn coal-to-liquid

plant in wake of Europe’s energy crisis 15

HYDROGEN

South Africa’s IDC signs MoU with ACWA Power for local green hydrogen
development project 16

NEWSBASE’S POWER ROUNDUP 17

OUR CUSTOMERS 18

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