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Uganda: $27m approved for Kikagati hydropower plant

The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), a PIDG company, has agreed to a $27 million loan to Kikagati Power Company Limited to aid in the building of a 14MW run-of-the-river hydro electricit

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15/03/2019
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US Adds 10.6 Gigawatts Of Solar In 2018

The United States added 10.6 gigawatts of new solar photovoltaic capacity in 2018, down slightly on that installed in 2017 but with an expectation that the market will rebound in the years ahead.

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14/03/2019
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World Bank Approves $185 Million For 310 Megawatt Renewable Energy In Bangladesh

The World Bank earlier this month approved $185 million in financing to help Bangladesh develop up to 310 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy and to mobilize private sector participation to help mee

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14/03/2019
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Namibia targets renewable power generation as main source

Namibia has finalized the National Renewable Energy Policy for the country and will lean heavily towards the use of the renewable power generation options as a main electrical generation source, ac

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14/03/2019
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Energy and oil majors turn to rural Africa in grab for world’s next billion customers

Armed with solar panels, lanterns and mini grids, European energy giants hope to capture the data of hundreds of millions of new, increasingly wealthy customers in rural Africa.

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14/03/2019
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1st unit of 800 KV HVDC Transformer flagged off

DK Thakur Executive Director BHEL Bhopal the other day in presence of POWERGRID officials, flagged off the first unit of 800 kV HVDC Transformer for country’s prestigious 6000 MW Raigarh Pugalur pr

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14/03/2019
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Bank of China to review funding of dam in orangutan habitat in Sumatra

JAKARTA — Bank of China has promised to evaluate a hydroelectric project it is helping fund in Indonesia, which activists say threatens the only known habitat of the Tapanuli orangutan, the rarest

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13/03/2019
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Discom to set up four solar microgrids in east Delhi

NEW DELHI: Power distribution company BSES Yamuna has launched a pilot project to establish solar microgrids, becoming one of the first discoms in the country to do so in an urban setting.

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13/03/2019
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Kenya: President Signs Into Law the Petroleum and Energy Bills

Nairobi — President Uhuru Kenyatta has today signed three Bills thereby operationalizing them into law.

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13/03/2019
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