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INVESTMENT
Net zero by 2050 could cost $173 trillion: BNEF 4
Global investors turn to green energy and away from fossil fuels 5
IEA warns that only 2% of post-pandemic spending is green 6
Fitch Affirms African Development Bank at AAA; outlook stable 7
Private investment needed in Rwanda to
meet sustainable development goals 8
COAL-FIRED GENERATION
Hwange expansion makes solid progress 9
GRID
TRANSCO CLSG cross-border line switched on in West Africa 9
GAS -FIRED GENERATION
APGC calls on NNPC to supply gas to Nigerian gencos 10
RENEWABLES
SA C&I sector starts to make inroads into solar PV market 11
NEWS IN BRIEF 12
NEWSBASE’S POWER ROUNDUP GLOBAL 14
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