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NET ZERO
Nigeria rolls out gas-based plan to reach net zero by 2060 4
INVESTMENT
EAIF to riase $500mn by 2025 to fund African projects 5
ESKOM
Eskom partners with CPUT on staff-retraining
agreement at Komati power plant 6
POLICY
Nigerian politicians criticise gencos for low output 7
NUCLEAR
Koreans win $2.25bn order to help for Dabaa NPP 8
HYDRO
Ugandan MPs order probe into Isimba dam shutdown 9
Rusumo Falls HPP on track for completion in November 10
Uganda, DR Congo to protect River Nyagak from generation 10
Umeme’s H1 pre-tax profit up 33% 11
Uganda to export 50MW of hydro to Kenya 11
RENEWABLES
Devki Group to develop 60-MW wind power plant 12
Zambia power utility, ZESCO launches tender for
the building of three 50MW solar projects 12
Skypower Global in talks on 500MW of solar in Zimbabwe 13
Ghana opens 13MW of solar 13
Exxaro Resources eyes green hydrogen investment 14
NEWSBASE’S POWER ROUNDUP 15
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