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COMMENTARY
Corporate net zero targets grow, but more needs to be done 4

RENEWABLES

Wind power must not become too cheap, says leading turbine maker 5

IHS Markit: global solar PV installations to grow 20% in 2022 6
SA mining companies have 3,900MW

of renewable energy in the pipeline 7

Angola’s Sonangol, ENDE invest $42mn in solar energy project 7
Germany to open Angola energy office with initial focus on hydrogen 8
Kalahari GeoEnergy gains licence for Malawi geothermal prospect 8

Kenyan private sector to support green hydrogen and ammonia
production 9

COAL

Coal phase-out could take longer than thought 10

India’s JSPL to build coal mine in southern Africa 11

POLICY

Egypt’s El Sewedy Electric pursues a strategy of inorganic growth 12
IMF advises Nigeria to remove ‘retrogressive’ electricity subsidies 12

GAS -FIRED GENERATION

Zambezi Gas shelves Matabeleland North gas project 13

MINI- GRIDS

ENGIE Energy Access now delivering solar via mini-grids to 6.5mn in
Sub-Saharan Africa 14

NEWSBASE’S POWER ROUNDUP GLOBAL 15

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