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COMMENTARY

Patent data show shift to green hydrogen gaining momentum 4
Green transition is $10.3 trillion opportunity for global economy by 2050,
new report finds 7

POLICY

Zambia’s president chairs emergency weekend meeting to tackle
electricity shortage 9
Zambia, Angola sign six agreements to cement bilateral relations 10

ESKOM

South Africa’s energy ministry to oversee Eskom, says president 11
South Africa could face even higher stages of
rolling blackouts in 2023, energy analyst warns 12

GAS -TO -POWER

Ex-NamPower boss urges Namibia to accelerate
Kudu gas-to-power project 13

BATTERIES
Chinese steel giant Tsingshan’s Zimbabwean unit
to manufacture lithium-iron batteries locally 14

PERFORMANCE
Kenya’s capacity reaches 3,074MW 15

RENEWABLES

South Korea’s Hanwha Qcells to invest $2.5bn in solar plant in US 15
Tunisia launches two new tenders deploying 1 GW of PV capacity 16
Solarise Africa secures $3mn to expand Kenya operations 16
Karmsolar secures $2.8mn loan from HSBC for Farafra solar grid 17
Ncondezi Energy wins land use approval from
Mozambique for 300MW solar park 17
UK to invest $2bn in 2,000MW of green capacity in in Zambia 18

EXPORTS

Mozambique to scale up electricity exports 18

NEWSBASE’S POWER ROUNDUP 19

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