AfDB lends $145m to construct regional power line
NAIROBI — The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $145m loan to fund the building of an electricity line between Kenya and Tanzania to improve regional power connections, it said.
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Kenya ranked eighth largest global geothermal producer
The injection of additional 280 megawatts produced in Olkaria to the national grid in December has lifted Kenya’s global ranking as the eighth largest producer of geothermal energy, a new study shows.
West Africa’s power sector must be reformed
Electricity reform is needed in Africa to ensure effective regulation, says the ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA). According to Mrs Ifeyinwa Ikeonu, a Regulatory Council member of ERERA, reform is a necessary step to any meaningful regulation of the electricity sector.
She shared ERERA’s experience on electricity regulation with the participants, including the delivery of its mandate, the scope of the institution’s responsibilities and powers, its relationship with the West Africa Power Pool (WAPP) and the national regulatory agencies in ECOWAS member states, as well as with the other ECOWAS institutions on energy. These include the West African Power Pool (WAPP), the West African Gas Pipeline Authority (WAGPA), the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) and the Energy Directorate of the ECOWAS Commission.
