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                         POLICY

                         Zimbabweans used 56mn tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas in 2021   4

                         ESKOM

                         SA govt starts restructuring of Eskom board                           5

                         GRID

                         World Bank commits $335m for grid extension in Tanzania               6

                         INVESTMENT
                         AfDB suggest using SA’s $8.5bn of climate finance to unlock more cash  7

                         GENERATION

                         Karpowership set to refile bid to
                         supply emergency power to SA                                          8

                         COAL GENERATION

                         Zimbabwe’s $1.5bn coal-fired power plant project nears completion     9
                         ABB allocates $325mn to cover cost of probe into Kusile plant       10

                         RENEWABLES

                         Renewable Energy Services Africa aims for 1 GW of solar             11
                         SA’s Exxaro, mull bids for green energy firm BTE Renewables         12

                         Uganda picks Sweco to do feasibility
                         study on floating solar plant technology                            13

                         STORAGE

                         Malawi’s 20MW Golomoti solar, battery storage
                         plant to receive $25mn loan from US                                 14

                         ELECTRIC VEHICLES

                         Kenya Power launches electric vehicle pilot programme               15

                         NEWSBASE’S POWER ROUNDUP                                             16









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