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COMMENTARY
SA president outlines five-point plan to address electricity supply crisis 4
ESKOM
Eskom welcomes Ramaphosa’s strategy to boost energy security 6
Eskom could need more funding than forecast amidst power crisis 7
POLICY
African construction industry challenged by rising costs 8
TRADING
Zambia now exporting excess electricity to neighbouring countries 9
Zimbabwe to import 250MW from Zambia, Mozambique 10
CONTRACTS
Ghana to save $13.2bn from renegotiated agreements with IPPs 11
TARIFFS
Zimbabwe increases power tariff by 8% to meet cost of production 12
NUCLEAR
Enernet Global begins engineering hybrid plant in Niger 13
FUELS
Angola could save 275mn litres of diesel per year 13
Uganda, Dutch group launch biodigest project to boost renewables 14
CLIMATE FINANCING
AfDB, IMF stress urgency of $1.6 trillion of climate financing 15
HYDROGEN
World’s first hydrogen-powered mine vehicle enters service 16
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