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AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°634 - 01/09/2010
TOGO
Hefty Penalty For Government

After legal proceedings lasting four years, an arbitration court has ordered Togo to pay EUR 60 million to France’s GDFSuez, former operator of CEET. (...) [315 words] [$5.4]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°634 - 01/09/2010
BURKINA FASO/GHANA
Ouagadougou Turns to Accra

Meeting in Accra in late July, several donors agreed to finance an interconnection between Ghana and Burkina Faso, at a cost of EUR 60 million. (...) [228 words] [$5.4]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°634 - 01/09/2010
CONGO-K
Nobody Wants to Operate SNEL

The awarding of a contract to run Societe Nationale d’Electricte (SNEL) has been delayed. According to our sources, companies invited to a presentation organized in Paris on March 31 and April 2 by the Societe Francaise de Representation et d’Etudes pour le Commerce (Sofreco) have been in no hurry to make offers to Congo-K’s Comite de Pilotage de la Reforme des Entreprises Publiques (COPIREP). (...) [228 words] [$5.4]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°633 - 28/07/2010
IVORY COAST
Sinohydro in Grab for Soubre

The International Finance Corp.’s willingness to take part in funding the Soubre dam in the center-west of Ivory Coast has spurred new competition among companies keen on building the facility. (...) [219 words] [$5.4]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°633 - 28/07/2010
CONGO-K
The Donors’ Secret Agenda

Africa Energy Intelligence understands that a document entitled “diagnostic study on Congo’s integration into the world economy” is currently being drafted by the World Bank, the United Nations Development Program, the International Trade Center in Geneva, the European Commission and several consultants. (...) [327 words] [$5.4]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°633 - 28/07/2010
TANZANIA
A Key New Line

The World Bank’s directors are due on Aug. 24 to vote on a USD 150 million loan to Tanzania to partly finance construction of a 400 kV power line some 667 km in length between the towns of Iringa and Shinyanga (AEI 599). (...) [263 words] [$5.4]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°632 - 14/07/2010
CONGO-K
BHP’s Timetable for Inga 3

Africa Energy Intelligence has learned that construction of the Inga 3 dam will begin in 2015 at the earliest and be completed in 2020. (...) [335 words] [$5.4]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°632 - 14/07/2010
GUINEA BISSAU
When the Electricity Vanishes...

The board of the World Bank is to shortly vote on a project to provide USD 22.7 million to finance the emergency restoration of Guinea Bissau’s ramshackle power sector. (...) [330 words] [$5.4]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°632 - 14/07/2010
RWANDA/CONGO-K
Ruzizi 3 Well on Track

According to our sources, a detailed blueprint and tender documents for the Ruzizi 3 dam will be presented by the German consultancy Fichtner at the end of this month to Energie des Grands Lacs (EGL), which answers to the Economic Community of Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL in its French acronym). (...) [272 words] [$5.4]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°631 - 30/06/2010
UGANDA
Heavy Fuel Has Its Fans

During a meeting on June 23, officials from Albatros Energy succeeded in winning a green light from Uganda president Yoweri Museveni for a project to build a power plant. (...) [262 words] [$5.4]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°631 - 30/06/2010
ALGERIA
Sonelgaz Looks for Funding

With an expected surplus of 1,000 MW this year, Algeria’s state-owned Sonelgaz would like to export the unneeded power to Spain. (...) [265 words] [$5.4]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°631 - 30/06/2010
LIBERIA
EIB to Leap-Frog Taylor Era

The president of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Philippe Maystadt, signed an agreement in Ouagadougou on June 22 with the secretary-general of the West Africa Power Pool (WAAP) that provided for a EUR 1. (...) [255 words] [$5.4]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°630 - 16/06/2010
UGANDA
Kampala to Push Hydro Plants

Africa Energy Intelligence understands that a new government body to finance energy projects and dubbed the Uganda Energy Credit Capitalization Company (UECC) is to be launched by Kampala in August. (...) [208 words] [$5.4]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°630 - 16/06/2010
SOUTH AFRICA/CONGO-K
Creditors Circling Overhead

In keeping with instructions from president Joseph Kabila, Congo-K’s Societe Nationale d’Electricite (SNEL) guaranteed to supply South Africa’s Eskom with 150 MW during the soccer World Cup tournament, until mid-July. (...) [297 words] [$5.4]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°630 - 16/06/2010
MOZAMBIQUE
Maputo Mulls Increasing Exports

Electricidade de Mocambique (EDM) has commissioned a series of consultants to submit studies by mid-July on building a 400 kV transmission line running from the center of the country to the south. (...) [263 words] [$5.4]

AFRICA ENERGY INTELLIGENCE n°629 - 02/06/2010
NIGERIA
Rockson the King-Maker?

During his tour of the Niger Delta region, Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan inaugurated the 100 MW Trans Amadi power station in Rivers state on May 14. (...) [204 words] [$5.4]

AEI n°634 - 01/09/2010
SOUTH AFRICA

Kusile Project Could be Dropped
Work on the coal-fired, 4800 MW Kusile power plant, a twin of the Medupi facility, (...)

[117 words] [$1.8]

AEI n°633 - 28/07/2010
ETHIOPIA

Ethiopia Sees Itself as Key Supplier
The Ethiopian Electric and Power Corporation (EEPCo) is due to start selling 200 (...)

[122 words] [$1.8]

AEI n°631 - 30/06/2010
CONGO-K

Decision on Inga link to Kinsasha in July
According to sources at the Bureau Central de Coordination (BCECO), which sees to (...)

[95 words] [$1.8]

AEI n°630 - 16/06/2010
NIGERIA

Washington Warms to Jonathan
Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan’s trip to Washington in April seems to have (...)

[86 words] [$1.8]

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