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COMMENTARY
Patent data highlights need to increase
sluggish pace of green innovation 4
GAS -FIRED GENERATION
NNPC awards concession to SEEPCO for associated
gas development at OML 143 6
INVESTMENT
Kenya Power looks to refinance $500mn of debt 7
EIB approves €340mn of renewables and water funding for Africa 8
HYDRO
Ivanhoe Mines to upgrade Inga II turbine 9
Ethiopia rejects existing Nile deals with Egypt, Sudan 10
RENEWABLES
US supports 5-GW solar roll-out in Namibia and Botswana 11
Mozambique pre-qualifies five IPPs for 40-MW solar project 12
NEWS IN BRIEF 13
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