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of generation capacity in Africa over the next decade, Once completed, the project will deliver electricity
with fossil fuel projects to represent 60% of the total. to 150,000 rural households in the region. (Source:
Based on this, the authors warn of the need for both power-technology)
the public and private sectors to change to tack to
avoid a missed opportunity for renewable energy.
The study, A machine-learning approach to
predicting Africa’s electricity mix based on planned
power plants and their chances of success, published
in Nature Energy, forecasts that electricity generation
capacity across Africa will double by 2030, with 269
GW set to come online. More than half of this new
capacity is expected be fossil fuel powered, with
non-hydro renewables representing 17.4% of new
projects and just 9.6% of generation.
Despite the continuing trend towards fossil
fuels, Alova’s analysis finds that the prospects for
solar projects in Africa have improved significantly
in recent years, with more projects successfully Most Countries in MENA area
developed. “Our results suggest steep learning promoting energy cooperation
curves for recent solar projects as both the number Following the signing of the implementation
of planned plants and their commissioning success agreement for the $300 million Independent
have sharply increased,” the paper states. Across Power Project in 2020, and under the
Africa 49 GW of new solar is expected by 2030, with patronage of the Ministry of Energy in Saudi
almost 40% of this to be located in South Africa. The Arabia, ACWA Power executed the official 7
country will reduce the share of coal in its energy agreements for the 240 MW wind power
from 75% to 49%, with solar growing from 4% to project on December 30, 2020, and that will
24%. The report expects an overall reduction in the be located in the Absheron and Khizi regions.
dominance of fossil fuels across Africa from 80% The General Electricity Company of Libya
today to around 60% by 2030, though noting that (GECOL) and Algeria’s state-owned electricity
the hydro projects comprise much of planned new firm Sonelgaz signed a new agreement
capacity, and these already have the lowest success expanding cooperation between the two
rate of any fuel type, and will face further challenges companies. The CEO of the Sonelgaz, Chaher
from climate change in the coming years. (Source: Boulekhras confirmed in the press conference
pv-magazine) that the new agreement comes in light of the two
companies’ previous agreement in production,
ADB approves additional loan to improve stressing that this partnership is now extending
power network in Bangladesh to include transportation, distribution of
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to electricity and gas, and renewable energy.
further extend its support to the ongoing Bangladesh Turkey, through its Energy Market
Power System Enhancement and Efficiency Regulatory Authority (EMRA), begins electricity
Improvement Project. As part of this, ADB has exports on December 28, 2020, to Iraq
approved a loan of $200 million to the project, on through the Silopi-Zakho transmission line.
top of previous support. This will be used to further Based on the amended license, exports of 150
improve the electricity distribution network in rural MW to Iraq will begin on Monday and run until
areas in the Khulna division. The newly approved November 1, 2021. Iraq will now become the
loan will be used for installing additional 990 km fourth electricity export destination following
of 33 kV cables. It will also aid installation of 3,000 Bulgaria, Greece and Georgia where Turkey
km of 11 kV below distribution lines and facilities. exported 2.8 billion KWh of electricity last
In rural areas of the Khulna division, it will go year. (Source: prnewswire, libyanexpress,
toward installing 51 units of 33/11 kV substations. hurriyetdailynews)
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