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AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°668 -
01/02/2012
IVORY COAST
Alstom’s new consolation prize
The last delegation of France’s Alstom which visited Abidjan in January flew home with the promise of numerous contracts that can only console the group for its recent setback on Azito. (...)
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AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°668 -
01/02/2012
CAMEROON
EIB less generous on Kribi project
The European Investment Bank was the last institution to give a green light on Jan. 25 to a loan for a power plant at Kribi - it will cost a total of €263 million - which the institution had been considering since last May. (...)
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AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°668 -
01/02/2012
CONGO-K
Inga 3 or Grand Inga: what choice?
Three consortiums have been pre-qualified for the contract to build the Inga 3 dam. After a second phase of pre-qualification at the end of last year, the three contestants are: (...)
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AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°667 -
18/01/2012
GUINEA
China dominates dam market
Will a meeting of Western donors in Conakry on Jan. 16-17 on electricity questions in Guinea result in any changes? (...)
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AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°667 -
18/01/2012
LIBERIA
Hike for LEC’s subscriber list
On March 22, the World Bank’s directors are to decide on a $22 million loan to Liberia’s power sector. The loan will form part of a $56. (...)
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AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°667 -
18/01/2012
MOZAMBIQUE
Bright Future for Cahora Norte
Ever-rising demand for power from Hidroelectrica de Cahora Bassa (85% owned by Mozambique through Companhia Electrica do Zambeze and 15% by Portugal) could well help in the quest for funding to build a future Cahora Bassa Norte dam with a capacity of 1,245 MW. (...)
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AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°666 -
04/01/2012
IVORY COAST
Reshuffling the Gbagbo deck
Two state-run companies run by supporters of ousted president Laurent Gbagbo are going to be folded into one, officially to streamline the power sector. (...)
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AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°666 -
04/01/2012
TUNISIA
EIB backs new coalition
After granting a €194 million loan to Tunisia in 2010 for a 400 MW, gas-powered combined cycle power station at Sousse, the European Investment Bank is reportedly thinking of investing pretty well the same sum in 2012 for a sister plant. (...)
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AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°666 -
04/01/2012
MOZAMBIQUE
Maputo plays hardball over HCB
The tug-of-war over the sale of Portugal’s remaining 15% stake in Hidroelectrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB) to Mozambique could continue for some time to come. (...)
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AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°665 -
14/12/2011
KENYA/UGANDA
Army hogs power supplies
Africa Energy Intelligence understands the current power supply emergency in Uganda is partly due to the requisitioning of large amounts of gasoline by the Kenyan army for its deployment in Somalia. (...)
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AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°665 -
14/12/2011
IVORY COAST
Jacobsen tests the waters
Already operating in Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone in West Africa, Norway’s Jacobsen Elektro As is currently banging on the door to enter Ivory Coast’s market for power plants and high voltage lines. (...)
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AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°665 -
14/12/2011
CONGO-K
Inga in production surge
With a rise in water levels in the rainy season and repairs to one of the dredgers working in a canal that carries water to the Inga 1 and Inga 2 dams, the generation capacity of the site has climbed from 350 MW to roughly 887 MW, according to sources at Societe Nationale d’Electricite (SNEL). (...)
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AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°664 -
30/11/2011
IVORY COAST
Battle lines drawn for Azito
Early last week Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara once again summoned his energy minister, Adama Toungara, for talks about the Azito power plant. (...)
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AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°664 -
30/11/2011
CONGO-K
SNEL under outside management
Companies seeking a technical assistance contract to run Societe Nationale d’Electricite du Congo (SNEL) have been given until December 2 to display their interest to a committee which oversees public contracts in the country. (...)
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AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°664 -
30/11/2011
GUINEA BISSAU
Power to supply bauxite project
With funding from the Chinese government, the state-run China International Water Corp recently committed itself to building a 20 MW hydro power dam at Saltinho on the Rio Corubal river. (...)
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n°668 -
01/02/2012
CONGO-K
Alstom to restore Inga II
The French energy group Alstom has been chosen alongside Austria’s Andritz Hydro (...)
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n°667 -
18/01/2012
IVORY COAST
Alstom seeks to lock in contracts
Alstom’s sub-Saharan Africa director Pascal Drouhaud and the group’s transportation (...)
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n°666 -
04/01/2012
IVORY COAST
Hyundai and GE win Azito project
As we reported in an alert to our subscribers on Dec. (...)
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n°665 -
14/12/2011
MOZAMBIQUE
New dams on the Zambezi river
Alongside its flagship Mphanda Nkuwa project (1,500 MW), the Hidroelectrica de Cahora (...)
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n°664 -
30/11/2011
MOZAMBIQUE
Gas-fuelled power plant for Sasol
The South African concern Sasol is expected to decide in coming months in favor (...)
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