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COMMENTARY
UN stresses green issues are key to reducing poverty 4
Energy efficiency: a central pillar of meeting green targets 5

POLICY

Kenyan MPs want Ketrco probed for losses 6

INVESTMENT
AfDB seeks increased Chinese investment in Africa 7
Libya prepares new plan to develop renewables 8

Norway’s Scatec signs PPAs for $1bn project in South Africa 8
US completes $316mn investment in Ghana’s energy infrastructure 9
World Bank to fund repair of Malawi’s Kapichira power plant 10
Zimbabwe government in standoff over $344mn waste-to-energy deal 10

ACCESS TO POWER
Access rate rises to 53% in two years in Zimbabwe 11

COAL
Zimbabwe utility, platinum miners strike deal on power supply 12
Zimbabwe halts refurbishment of coal-fired power plants 12

GAS GENERATION

Savannah Energy unit signs gas agreement with Nigeria’s TAPL 13
World Bank issues $150mn guarantees for Azura’s gas plant 14

RENEWABLES
Canada’s JCM Power adds 20MW of solar capacity to Malawi grid 15

Kenya offers cheap geothermal energy to crypto miners 15
DBSA provides $125mn to 100-MW solar plant in South Africa 16
SA’s Mahlako fund supports 30MW solar project at gold mine 17
Spark+ invests $4mn in BURN to accelerate expansion 18

NEWSBASE’S POWER ROUNDUP GLOBAL 19

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