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COMMENTARY
Solar and wind post strong pandemic growth 4
POWER CUTS
Dumsor in West Africa as water levels fall in Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana 6
GENERATION
The IFC considers funding costly power ships in South Africa 7
RENEWABLES
ACWA Power begins construction of 100-MW Redstone CSP project 8
Nigeria’s Starsight Energy moves into East Africa 9
EMISSIONS
Kenya to set up emissions trading system 10
FUELS
Nigeria considers domestic LPG subsidy 11
SCDP says new terminal will help reduce Cameroon’s fuel import bill 11
NEWS IN BRIEF 12
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