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AfrElec CONTENTS AfrElec

COMMENTARY
Wind and solar growth must accelerate to keep pace with demand for
power 4

INVESTMENT
Energy transition needs $5.7 trillion per year until 2030 6

GAS GENERATION
Mozambique’s president turns first stone on
Temane, country’s gas-fired power plant 7

INVESTMENT
TotalEnergies, GECOL eye construction of
500-MW solar power facility in Libya 8

Ghana ready to phase out fossil fuel to renewable energy 8

POLICY
Kenyan government in talks with IPPs over

second 15% price reduction 9

COAL GENERATION
RioZim seeks alternative funder for 2,800-MW

coal-fired plant after Chinese pullout 10

RENEWABLES
UK’s Kibo Energy acquires 100MW solar farm in Zimbabwe 11

Malawi electricity generator fails to repair plant flooded in January 12
KenGen completes building Olkaria I Unit 6 13
Solar Tyme USA seeks to raise $1.75mn
for solar microgrids in Sierra Leone 14

Renewables to contribute 2,100MW in Zimbabwe 15

NEWSBASE’S POWER ROUNDUP GLOBAL 16

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