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COMMENTARY
Governments still woefully short of IEA’s net-zero requirements 4
SHIPPING
Greening shipping needs energy efficiency and biofuels 6
METHANE
Global Methane Pledge attracts 24 new supporters 7
STORAGE
Burkina Faso could boost renewable mix with battery storage via PPPs 8
INVESTMENT
Nigeria offers incentives for the sale of five power plants 9
RENEWABLES
Green Climate Fund invests $150mn in Desert to Power 10
South Africa starts week with new round of electricity blackouts 11
HYDRO
Kenya defaults on $178mn Arror, Kimwarer dams
loan due to Italian bank 11
NEWS IN BRIEF 12
NEWSBASE’S POWER ROUNDUP GLOBAL 16
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