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the Spanish company said. via the West African Gas Pipeline. But supplies
The contract award comes after financial have not lived up to expectations, with Nigerian
close was reached on the project in Novem- suppliers often failing to provide contracted
ber last year, following receipt of a $31mn loan volumes.
from the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund There have been a number of attempts to
(EAIF). advance LNG import projects in the country
Most of Ghana’s TPPs run on light crude oil over the years, but so far, the Tema LNG scheme
and fuel source, making them both inefficient is the only one to have got off the ground. In
and expensive. The government wants to expand addition to LNG imports, the country has looked
the role of gas to bring down energy costs, and to develop its own gas reserves, including at the
increase access to reliable power supply. The Tullow-operated Jubilee field, launch in 2014,
lack of stable electricity supply has been a major the TEN deposits, which came on stream in
impediment to economic growth in the country. 2016, and the Sankofa field, which saw first gas
Ghana first began developing its gas market in 2018.™
in 2008 by importing pipeline gas from Nigeria,

NEWS IN BRIEF

WASTE-TO -POWER Construction of the plant was originally will employ street children to ensure the
scheduled to start in December 2020, but it separation of solid waste prior to incineration.
KenGen to build power plant has encountered a delay in the bidding process The implementation of this project will
following the completion of feasibility studies
require an investment of 20 billion Kenyan
at Dandora landfill site by Kenya Electricity Generating Company shillings, or nearly $182.5 million. KenGen
will ensure the financial mobilization,
(KenGen). The project is being implemented
The Kenya Electricity Generating Company by NMS in partnership with the Kenyan development and operation of the future
(KenGen) plans to start construction of a Ministry of Energy. Initially, NMS planned power plant.
power plant at the Dandora landfill site during to develop the project as a public-private
this month of January 2021. The Nairobi partnership (PPP).
Metropolitan Services (NMS) is opting for a Following negotiations with the central
plant that will incinerate waste to produce 40 government, the Kenyan Ministry of Energy GENERATION
MW. chose to build and own the facility with a
The project to build a power plant at the capacity of 40 MW.? “The process is complete Nigeria can generate
Dandora landfill near Nairobi is taking shape. and we have reached an agreement between
While the Nairobi Metropolitan Services us and the Ministry; they will install the plant 30,000MW of electricity by
(NMS) admits that it is behind schedule in and NMS will supply them with the waste,”
the implementation of the project, it also says Mohammed Badi, NMS’s Managing 2030, say GenCos
announces that the construction of this facility Director. The municipality will make the land
that will convert waste into electricity will be available in or around the Dandora landfill. Electricity Generation Companies (GenCos)
launched during this month of January 2021. According to Mohammed Badi, NMS have said Nigeria can generate 30,000

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