PARTNER COUNTRY ENERGY in the NEWS March 08, 2015 – April 02, 2015 Article Summaries & Full Clips the Following Are Articles Written by Third-Party News Outlets
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“POWER AFRICA” & PARTNER COUNTRY ENERGY IN THE NEWS March 08, 2015 – April 02, 2015 Article Summaries & Full Clips The following are articles written by third-party news outlets. The links to this information are provided for your convenience. The U.S. Agency for International Development does not endorse the views or positions stated by the authors of these articles and their media organizations. IN THE NEWS: Featured Partner Country Energy News March 08 – April 02, 2015 POWER AFRICA, AFRICA & expert in green economics, development of the renewable REGIONAL NEWS “The list of successful energy sector. examples of green investments Burundi Moving Towards in Africa is far greater than ETHIOPIA Solar what is generally imagined. March 31 | DomesticFuel.com The potential is enormous.” Ethiopia’s Largest Hydro Plant Burundi is moving towards to Produce Power This Year solar. Via the Power Africa and Video - Rwanda steps up March 19 | Bloomberg Power Africa’s Beyond the Grid electricity generation Ethiopia’s government plans to sub-initiative, Gigawatt Global March 31 | CNBC Africa start generating electricity has been awarded two grants As the region steps up its from its largest hydropower to bring solar to the country, efforts in ensuring electricity plant, Gibe III, in the second where only four percent of the generated within the member half of the year if annual rains population has access to countries is sustainable, sufficiently fill its reservoir, residential power. The Rwanda continues to fast-track Water and Energy Minister proposed project, a 7.5 development within the Alemayehu Tegenu said. Megawatt (MW) solar field, sector. The government and will increase the country’s European Union signed a Adama II Wind Farm Project generation capacity by 15 financing agreement worth 17 Due to Be Completed in Three percent. billion Rwandan franc that will Months go towards improving the March 9 | The Ethiopian Gambia: 'Gambia Registers infrastructure, and curbing Herald (Addis Ababa) Giant Steps in Meeting power losses that have been The Adama II Wind Farm, a Sustainable Energy' faced in the past. According to power generating project The Point | March 16 the minister of finance, which has been jointly The Minister of Energy, Dr Rwanda's current energy implemented by two Chinese Edward Saja Sanneh, has said capacity stands at 155 companies, namely The Gambia in recognition of megawatts and is expected to HYDROCHINA and CGCOC, the importance of the energy rise to 563 megawatts by since July 2013 is nearing sector, has fulfilled the United 2017. completion. Nations sustainable energy for all requirements and targets. Zambia: Renewable Energy Generating Power to Tariff Policy Developed Transform Ethiopia Transition To A Green March 17 | The Times of March 8 | East African Economy In Africa Zambia Business Week (Kampala) March 9 | Clean Technia THE Government in In the government's Growth Responding to a strong collaboration with the United and Transformation Plan perceived demand from States Agency for International (GTP), there is a high emphasis governments for current Development (USAID) has on hydropower resource information about a green developed the Renewable development, but with an eye economy Africa, the United Energy Feed-In-Tariff (REFIT) also on renewable sources Nations Environment Program policy for Zambia. This is such as solar, wind and reported Thursday from aimed at creating an enabling geothermal given their cost Nairobi on the power of green environment for both public competitiveness. investments in the nations of and private investors to Africa. Says one international effectively participate in the Power generation improved by More Companies Queue for raw material for tissue paper. around 230% between 2008 Power Projects in Ghana and 2012, with six March 23 | Ghanaian Power Costs to Remain Low, hydroelectric and wind power Chronicle (Accra) Says Chirchir projects coming online. A shortfall of about 500 March 17 | Capital FM megawatts of power and the (Nairobi) German Firm Conducts Study projections for additional The cost of electricity in the for Off-Grid Power Generation power demand in Ghana has country is not expected to in Ethiopia attracted more than 20 increase in the next one year March 23 | Addis Fortune proposals from the US, even with the dry weather (Addis Ababa) Germany, Denmark, India, being experienced. Energy The Ministry of Water, China, South Africa, Turkey, Cabinet Secretary Davis Irrigation and Energy (MoWIE) Brazil and others to invest in Chirchir says this is due to the is conducting a study for an the country's power sector. injection of the 280 megawatts off-grid investment plan which of geothermal power at will allow the private sector to Video - Ghana's power Olkaria into the national grid. become involved in the shortages take their toll production and sale of March 13 | BBC Toyota Tsusho to Invest electricity. The study that is Power outages are a fact of life Billions in Kenya's Energy being conducted by Fechtner across much of Africa, with Sector GmbH Co. & KG, is intended to almost daily black-outs March 15 | Capital FM allow both local and foreign affecting rich and poor (Nairobi) companies to invest in countries alike. South Africa's Toyota Tsusho Corporation renewable energy provision power utility top officials have said on Sunday it wanted to such as solar home systems been suspended over power invest billions of dollars in and institutional solar systems, shortages - and early this year Kenya's energy sector after it which are being supplied by more more than half of Kenya successfully build the 280- the government. suffered a power outage after megawatt Olkaria plants that a major transmission line have significantly enhanced GHANA failed. Meanwhile Ghana is in Kenya's "green" credentials. the midst of the longest power China to build $1 billion solar crisis the country has ever Western Kenya Power Deal power plant in Ghana known. The BBC's Sammy Signed March 20 | GhanaWeb.com Darko reports from Accra. March 15 | East African China is to help build a 400- Business Week (Kampala) megawatt solar power plant in KENYA Two contracts have been Ghana aimed at easing the signed by the Kenya Electricity energy crisis. Dumpsite to Produce Energy Transmission Company Limited According to the Charge March 31 | The Star (Nairobi) (KETRACO) for the d'Affaires at the Chinese Nakuru county government implementation of the Olkaria- Embassy in Accra, Zhou will partner with Lessos-Kisumu electricity Youbin, the Chinese Hanergy environmentalists to transmission project. The new Group will be at the forefront rehabilitate the Gioto 400kV line will bring of the $1-billion project. dumpsite. "The initiative will geothermal energy from the turn the waste into an energy increased capacity at Olkaria producer," Governor Kinuthia to western Kenya. Mbugua said. Speaking to the Star in his office, the county boss said the initiative will generate electricity, bio diesel, LIBERIA lighting outside the national projects that will cover five grid, the International Finance years. PIU Returns to Resume Work Corporation, (IFC) in Lagos On Mount Coffee Hydro launched the Lighting Africa Huge Agro-Waste Potential Is March 14 | Liberia News Programme in Nigeria. Wasted Agency (Monrovia) March 25 | Tanzania Daily The Project Implementation Lagos Govt Set to Power 172 News Unit (PIU) has returned to Schools With Solar Agro-waste conversion to Liberia to resume March 12 | Vanguard (Lagos) generate energy for rehabilitation work on the Gov. Babatunde Fashola of productive applications Mount Coffee Hydro Plant in Lagos State on Thursday said remains largely untapped area Harrisburg, Montserrado the state government had that could contribute County. commenced a process to immensely in addressing connect 172 public schools in insufficient electricity. NIGERIA the state to the solar power. FG Cuts Electricity Tariff By Majority wants government Mega Wind Power Project Over 50 Percent to address electricity woes Pencilled for Singida March 18 | Vanguard (Lagos) March 31 | New 24 Nigeria March 9 | Tanzania Daily Following recent complaints of The majority of Nigerians has News (Dar es Salaam) high electricity tariff by cited the electricity crisis as The government is planning to consumers and its grave the topmost issue the spend more than 132 million impact on the nation's incoming government must US dollars for the construction economy, the Federal address. According to of wind power project in Government has announced NOIPolls, 68 percent of adult Singida, expected to produce reduction of electricity tariff by Nigerians surveyed want the 50-megawatts. over 50 percent in some government to address places. electricity shortages within the More Villages Connected to next 6 months. Solar Power Project FG, Local Firm Partner to March 13 | Tanzania Daily Develop Solar Power Projects TANZANIA News (Dar es Salaam) March 24 | Daily Independent A toal of 10 villages in Kongwa, (Lagos) Church Invests Heavily in Mlele and Uyui Districts have Federal Government has Biogas to Mitigate Effects of been connected to a new signed a Memorandum of Climate Change government run container Understanding (MoU) with March 15 | Tanzania Daily solar power project, intended Ezektech Limited for the News (Dar es Salaam) to bring electricity to off-grid provision of solar powered The Evangelical Lutheran areas of rural Tanzania. plants ranging from 250kw to Church in Tanzania (ELCT) has The project aims to reach 1mw across the country. joined the fight against global people in remote villages not warming through investing covered by the country's Rural IFC Powers Rural heavily in alternative and clean Energy Agency (REA) projects. Communities With Lighting energy, especially biogas, to After the end of pilot phase Africa Project offset effects of climate scheduled in July this year, the March 11 | The Guardian change. The church has so far government plans to install (Lagos) invested over 800m/- to 600 more solar generators in To help the about 30 percent execute the 'green-oriented' villages around the country.