Kenya’s Kipeto wind plant reaches commercial operation

Kenya-based Kipeto Energy has completed construction of the 100 MW Kipeto wind farm, in the Kajiado county, in Kenya.

The project’s 60 wind turbines are producing power for the national grid.

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Kenya’s KenGen says CERs for sale more than double

Kenya’s largest utility said on Tuesday its certified emission reduction credits (CERs) available for sale had more than doubled to over 550 000. A CER is equivalent to one tonne of carbon dioxide and they are part of emission reduction efforts under the Kyoto Protocol.
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Egypt notified that Ethiopia has resumed filling of giant dam

Egypt’s irrigation minister said on Monday he had received official notice from Ethiopia that it had begun filling the reservoir behind its giant hydropower dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), for a second year. Egypt has informed Ethiopia of its categorical rejection of the measure, which it regards as a threat to regional stability, Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Aty said in a statement.
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Opinion: Cheap renewables offer the key to universal electricity access in Africa

In this opinion article, co-authored by European Commission executive vice president Frans Timmermans and International Energy Agency executive director Fatih Birol, it is argued that to make energy poverty history in Africa the whole world will need to work in concert to end funding for coal power, boost cooperation to expand clean electricity across the continent and to scale-up financial support from advanced economies.
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