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COMMENTARY
Africa promises long-term dividends to early solar investors 4

POLICY
KEEP South Africa declares ‘state of disaster’ due to energy shortage 6

Eskom plans to increase buying electricity from IPPs
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INVESTMENT
Clean energy metals miner Marula seeks AIM listing
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YOUR Zambia gets $360,000 for copper project 8

BATTERIES

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Zimbabwe to build lithium battery manufacturing plant
NUCLEAR
EYES DMRE says ‘no immediate crisis’ for Koeberg nuclear plant fuel supply 10

TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION

Kenya cuts electricity transmission budget as public debt burden rises 11

COAL-FIRED THERMAL GENERATION
ON Zimbabwe to commission 300MW of new capacity in March, senior 11
official says

HYDROPOWER
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High rainfall boosts electricity output at Kariba South Hydro Plant
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Uganda faces $4mn fine over botched hydro loan deal
THE GAS -FIRED GENERATION 13

GE Gas Power to add nearly 500 MW of power to Nigeria’s grid

RENEWABLES
Nairobi-listed Kenya Power to convert its 2,000 vehicles to electric over
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four years
BALL Seriti Resources to build 155-MW wind farm to power coal mines 14

NEWSBASE’S POWER ROUNDUP GLOBAL (NRG
POWER)
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NewsBase’s Power Roundup Global [NRG Power]
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