NEWS IN BRIEF
KENYA'S KEY RENEWABLES REPRESENT 87% OF
POWER GENERATION
Kenya’s renewable sector receives growing capital inflows as renewable energy projects are suited to address energy deficit in remote locations. Capital inflows into the Kenyan renewable sector have been steadily increasing in recent months, according to Asoko Insight, the Intel- ligence partner of the Africa Renew- able Energy Leaders’ (ARELS).
Summit
In line with its Vision 2030, the Kenyan government is scaling up power production through renewable generation, with the aim of growing by 980%, from the current 2,341MW to 23,000MW.
Eng. Isaac Kiva, Director of Re- newable Energy at the Kenyan Min- istry of Energy and Petroleum told AFRICA POWER NEWS: “Having adequate power from renewable sources will not only ensure the security of supply and cost effective tariffs; it will enhance the competi- tiveness of Kenya, and facilitate its socio-economic transformation.”
ALGIERS MAKES A MAJOR SOLAR
PV INVESTMENT A planned international tender for
4,000MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) power marks a shift in gear for the energy sector and its attitude to- wards foreign investment. Opening the energy sector to global capital has been, for some time, the obvious solution to the fiscal and social pres- sures created by a decline in hydro- carbons production and low oil and gas prices. But in Algiers, national considerations have often trumped economic logic. The plants will be maintained and serviced by MTU South Africa (Pty) Ltd.
15 MWP SOLAR PV POWER PLANT TO ESSAKANE SOLAR SAS IN BURKINA FASO
Wärtsilä will supply a 15 MWp solar PV power plant to Essakane Solar SAS in Burkina Faso. The solar PV plant will be built next to a 55 MW Wärtsilä power plant currently running on heavy fuel oil. The solar PV plant and the engine power plant will be controlled and operated in synchronization, thus forming the largest engine-solar PV hybrid power plant in Africa. Wärtsilä's scope covers the engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) for the solar PV power plant, including the control system for the hybrid plant. The power plant is scheduled to be operational in late 2017.
Essakane Solar SAS, 90% owned by global independent power producer EREN Renewable Energy (EREN) and 10% by its development partner African Energy Management Platform (AEMP), will operate the solar PV plant and sell the energy to IAMGOLD's Essakane Mine. The off-grid gold mine, located 330 kilometers northeast of the Burkina Faso's capital city, Ouagadougou, produces approximately 400,000 ounces of gold per year. Reliable and sustainable around-the- clock energy is a requisite for an off-grid mine location like this.
The ability to control and optimise the usage of engines and solar power will enable the mine to decrease its fuel
consumption by approximately 6 million litres per year and to reduce its annual CO2 emissions by 18,500 tons. In addition, the project will create jobs for the region during the operation.
“This project represents a major break- through in the industry," explains Christophe Fleurence, Vice President, Business Development for Africa, at EREN. Hybrid solar PV-engine solutions will allow energy intensive industries to enter an era of more climate-friendly operations.
"EREN chose Wärtsilä for its meritorious track record in EPC projects in Africa and their commitment to design, deliver and support a reliable hybrid solution like this," concludes Christophe Fleurence. With this project Wärtsilä will have over 6800 MW of installed capacity on the African continent. Globally, Wärtsilä's installed base is over 63 GW in 176 countries.
GHANA APPROVES 400MW BRIDGE POWER PROJECT TO ASSIST GRID
General Electric Co., Endeavor Energy Resources LP and Sage Petroleum Ltd. won approval from Ghanaian lawmakers for the construction of the world’s largest liquefied petroleum gas fired power plant and a 20-year purchase agreement with the nation’s electricity distribution utility. The Early Power consortium will develop the 400 megawatt Bridge Power venture
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in two phases to start producing 144 megawatt for the Electricity Corporation of Ghana by the middle of next year, En- deavor has said.. The plant will be built in the port city of Tema, about 26 kilometers (16 miles) east of the capital, Accra. When completed, it will be the largest LPG gas fired power plant in the world. The plant will be capable of being fuelled by natural gas and diesel.
Ghana is seeking to double its installed capacity of about 2,800 megawatts by 2020 as power shortages weigh on eco- nomic growth. Electricity demand in the West African nation is growing at about 12% per year.
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