The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a US$2.8mn deal with the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) to boost training within Africas energy sector
Energy
Hanergy Solar and Savanna Solar to develop US$1.1 billion PV project in Ghana
Solar solutions company Hanergy Solars subsidiary has acquired 70 per cent equity in Ghanaian company Savanna Solar to develop a 400 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project in northern Ghana at an estimated cost of US$1.1bn
Gasol and African Iron Ore Group in LNG deal
West African energy development company Gasol plc has entered a strategic partnership with Switzerland-based African Iron Ore Group Limited (AIOG) to provide liquefied natural gas (LNG) for mining projects in western Africa
SolarCity to invest US$7 million in Tanzania's Off-Grid Electric
US-based solar services company SolarCity is to invest US$7mn in Tanzanian solar lighting services company Off Grid Electric to produce off-grid solar power
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam to begin producing electricity in 2015
The 6,000 MW Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) hydropower project, worth US$4.7bn, will begin generating electricity in 18 months, according to the Ethiopian government