Twenty firms have been prequalified to bid for the construction of the regional Rusumo Falls Hydroelectric Project, which is expected to add 80MW to the Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania power grids by 2019.   The current electricity generation in the region cannot meet the increasing industrial and domestic demand, with governments using heavy diesel generators, thus pushing up power tariffs.   The project has attracted six Chinese.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 16th November 2015

The Climate Investment Funds (CIF), a multilateral climate finance vehicle, has endorsed Rwanda's renewable energy investment plans, making the country eligible to benefit from $50 million (about Rwf37 billion) for renewable energy funding.   The funds are provided under the Scaling Up Renewable Energy in Low Income Countries Programme (SREP).   SREP funding of $50 million is expected to help develop financially sustainable.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 16th November 2015

 Afritech Energy (AE) and East African Power have signed a US$ 40m agreement that will see the construction of four hydropower plants in Rwanda.   The agreement will involve construction of four hydropower sites in Bihongora, Karambo II, Gatare Sebeya and Muregeya. Other two projects will be in Rustiro and two more in Rubavu.   Executive Chairman of Afritech Dan Klinck was present in Kigali during the press conference and said.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 11th November 2015

 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will now focus on financing renewable energy in Middle East and North Africa, its director Philip ter Woort, has announced.   The European Bank believes that the move will enable the Middle East and North Africa region to curb the current power shortage that is slowing economic progress in the region..   The EBRD and other financial institutions will launch a funding.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 10th November 2015

 The construction of Nyagak III Small Hydro Power Project in Uganda is set to commence soon, this is after the Ugandan Government and a German firm signed a US$ a 1.8m agreement.   The agreement which was signed by Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) on behalf of the government took place at the UEGCL offices in Nakasero. The German firm GOPA-International Energy Consultants GmbH together with an Italian based.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 10th November 2015

 Lekeka Power has signed a memorandum of Understanding for the construction of a wind power plant in Egypt.   Actis Fund and Lekela Power signed the MoU in the presence of  President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. Actis Fund also discussed future investment activities with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC).   Lekela Power signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a $350m wind-power station in Egypt.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 9th November 2015

 A consortium led by the German engineering group Siemens has won a contract to build a 1,000 kilometres high voltage power line linking Kenya and Ethiopia. The firm will partner with Spain’s Isolux Corsan to put up the line that will transmit 2,000 megawatts (Mw) hydropower from Ethiopia.   The high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission link is scheduled to go into operation by end 2018.“Development of energy.... Read more »

Posted on : Saturday , 7th November 2015

 The construction of wind power projects in Egypt has received a major boost after African Development Bank (AfDB) agreed to extend a loan of US$50 towards the projects. The project will be constructed by Egyptian-Emirati  company.   AFDB says it will finance Egypt’s share in the first Egyptian-Emirati project to generate electricity from wind power. The loan will be given to New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) that.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 6th November 2015

 Chase Bank and the French Development Agency have signed a US$ 10.8m loan to finance renewable energy projects in Kenya. Chase Bank Chief Executive Paul Njaga confirmed the reports and said that the money will be lent to businesses that want to invest in renewable energy technologies projects such as small hydro, biomass, biogas, solar, geothermal and other energy efficient measures.   “This is a 12-year facility and will.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 5th November 2015

A US$ 36m powerline in Burundi that was constructed to link the capital Bujumbura, from the Ruzizi II hydroelectric dam in Kamanyola at the Democratic Republic of Congo has been launched by Burundi’s Deputy President Dr. Joseph Butore. The Powerline in Burundi will help the country export surplus electricity to neighboring countries, or import through the regional interconnection lines. “The project is of paramount importance.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 4th November 2015

The Tanzanian and Kenyan Governments have recently announced that construction works have started on the Kenya-Tanzania Power Interconnection project that aims at connecting the Eastern Africa Electricity Highway between Kenya and Ethiopia, with the Eastern Africa Power Pool compounded by countries of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).   The project, implemented by Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO).... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 3rd November 2015

 First Coal power plant in Egypt will be constructed at a cost of US$3b a move that will boost the country’s  power sector. The move comes after the country signed a power plant construction deal with Siemens and scatec.   According to officials in the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy, a deal will be signed with a UAE company to help establish the first coal-operated power generating station in South Sinai in.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 3rd November 2015