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AfrElec                                        CONTENTS                                              AfrElec

















                         COMMENTARY
                         More proof that climate change threatens
                         lives and causes economic damag                                       4

                         Fossil fuel closures needed to stand any
                         chance of meeting 1.5°C target                                        7

                         POLICY

                         ANC party draft policy envisions greater fossil fuels investment      9

                         GRID
                         Octopus Energy joins Xlinks in $21.9bn Morocco-UK cable project     10

                         ENERGY TRANSITION

                         Guterres calls for jump-start for energy transition                 10

                         CLIMATE FINANCE

                         G7 to raise climate finance for developing economies in Asia, Africa  11

                         COAL
                         Workers strike at top Mozambique coal mine                          12
                         South African coal miners criticised for preferring EU market       13


                         HYDRO
                         IFC, Mozambique to collaborate on $4.5bn Mphanda Nkuwa HPP          14

                         STORAGE

                         Kibo Energy signs energy storage deal wtih CellCube                 15

                         RENEWABLES

                         Kenya’s Energy Ministry in stand-off with LTWP over tariffs         16
                         InfraCoafrica invests $15 mn to accelerate bboxx growth             17
                         Chinese solar energy company JinkoSolar ventures into Zimbabwe      18
                         Citizen-owned solar, wind plants could ‘save’ City Power            19
                         Tunisia raises natural gas, electricity prices by up to 16%         20

                         ‘World’s first’ modular LNG FSRU to be deployed in Senegal          20

                         NEWSBASE’S POWER ROUNDUP GLOBAL                                      21


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