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  • Nigeria: Niger Delta Council Seeks Establishment of Regional Hydro Power Plant
  • 27 April 2013, All Africa
    The National Council on Niger Delta has urged member states to build small run-off-river hydro power plants to boost rural electricity in the region.
  • Ghana: 3SIL to Start Commercial Production of Solar Lanterns
  • 26 April 2013, All Africa
    The Strategic Securities Systems International Limited (3SIL), which is an independent and economically empowered services conglomerate, specializing in the procurement of solar lighting systems has announced its readiness to go into commercial production of solar energy by the year 2014.
  • Nigeria: NERC Explains 25 Year Tenure for Electricity License
  • 25 April 2013, Daily Trust
    Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) Dr Sam Amadi has explained that investors in the power sector who have been issued licenses by the commission stand a chance of using their license for a cumulative 25 years before they expire.
  • Mobil signs Qua Iboe 500MW power project agreement
  • 25 April 2013, The Nation Online
    Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPN), operator of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) / MPN Joint Venture, has signed a seller’s representative agreement (SRA) for the 500 megawatts (MW) Qua Iboe power project, located at MPN’s Qua Iboe terminal, in Akwa Ibom State.
  • Foreign consortium plans fresh $100bn investment in Nigeria
  • 24 April 2013, Punch
    The investment drive of the Federal Government has received a boost as a team of foreign investors has indicated their intention to invest $100bn (N15.8tn) in key sectors of the Nigeria economy.
  • World Bank’s $145m Guarantee To Benefit Nigerian Power Consumers
  • 24 April 2013, Ventures Africa
    VENTURES AFRICA – Nigerian electricity consumers are poised to benefit from the World Bank’s provision of the first $145 million Partial Risk Guarantee (PRG) to Nigeria’s gas sector, it emerged late Tuesday.
  • AfDB Set To Launch Africa’s Sustainable Energy Hub To Improve Energy Efficiency
  • 24 April 2013, Ventures Africa
    VENTURES AFRICA – The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday said it will launch the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) Africa Hub initiative at the end of next month in Marrakesh, Morocco.
  • Nigeria signs deals to sell power assets in big drive to privatise
  • 24 April 2013, Business Day Live
    ABUJA — As South African business and households enter what may be a bleak winter of blackouts courtesy of state power monopoly Eskom, Africa’s other emerging giant, Nigeria, is selling off state electricity assets to 15 bidding companies in a huge privatisation drive.
  • Nigeria: Lagos Seeks UK Assistance On Energy Development
  • 23 April 2013, Vanguard
    The Lagos State Government has asked for Britain's assistance to help it develop its energy sector, notably, power and solid minerals.
  • Nigeria: FG Requires N544 Billion to Increase Power Generation to 20,000 MW by 2016 - Minister
  • 23 April 2013, Premium Times
    The Federal Government will require about N544 billion or 3.4 billion dollars to increase power generation from 4,800mw to 20,000mw by 2016.
  • Nigeria: FG Signs Transaction Agreement With Power Investors
  • 23 April 2013, Daily Trust
    The federal government yesterday issued certificates of transactions to investors in the power sector, marking a major first step toward the handing over of the unbundled units of the former Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) to private sector operators.
  • Nigeria: FG Earmarks Over N10 Billion for Rural Electrification in 2013
  • 23 April 2013, This Day
    Nigeria's drive to provide sustainable electricity supply to her rural dwellers across the country has received a boost as the Federal Government disclosed plans to increase its funding commitment to the rural electrification.
  • Nigeria hands over electricity assets to 15 private firms
  • 22 April 2013, Reuters
    ABUJA, April 22 (Reuters) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan signed deals on Monday handing over state electricity assets to 15 bidding companies, a milestone in a privatisation process meant to end decades of power blackouts.
  • Africa’s Biggest Solar Photovoltaic Plant Launched In Mauritania
  • 22 April 2013, Ventures Africa
    VENTURES AFRICA – Africa’s largest solar photovoltaic (PV) plant was launched on Thursday in Nouakchott, the capital of Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
  • Wind-solar hybrid plants up to twice as efficient
  • 22 April 2013, PV Magazine
    Solar and wind power generation complement each other better than previously thought, according to a study released by the Reiner Lemoine Institut and Solarpraxis AG.
  • FG Plans Power Conservation Policy
  • 19 April 2013, Guardian Nigeria
    THE Federal Government has planned power conservation policy in harmony with its belief that electricity preservation is vital to the realisation of 24 -hours power supply target in the country.
  • Using Solar Energy To Drive Education In Africa: Samsung
  • 19 April 2013, Ventures Africa
    Solar power has the potential to bring a new era of ‘sunlight-based’ services to remote African settlements and provide children with the educational opportunities they desperately need if they are to play a role in Africa’s burgeoning economies.
  • Hydropower developments in Africa
  • 19 April 2013, Esi-Africa
    The International Hydropower Association in its 2013 report notes that development of hydropower along with other renewables is now an explicit priority for many African countries.
  • Kenya Power signs geothermal project PPA
  • 19 April 2013, Esi-Africa
    The Kenya Power and Lighting Company Limited has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Africa Geothermal International Kenya Limited (AGIL) which is establishing a 140 MW geothermal project in Longonot.
  • Coca Cola to Use Solar at Kenyan Kiosks
  • 18 April 2013, Alternative Energy Africa
    Some kiosks in Kenya will start to use solar power to meet electricity needs thanks to the Coca Cola Co.

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