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Bulletin / Energy Republic of Djibouti ready to work on mega gas project
Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) Project Management and Construction
potential and growth opportunities the
His Excellency President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
Division (PMCD) and the South African
continent will unlock in the future.
of the Republic of Djibouti has presided over
Renewable Energy Council (SAREC), at a
the foundation stone laying ceremony for a
renewable energy seminar, attended by
new mega gas project, which comprises a
around 100 delegates; of the seminar,
natural gas pipeline, a liquefaction plant and
Malcolm Pautz, KPMG’s associate director in
an export terminal at Damerjog, Djibouti,
deal advisory infrastructure, said, “This was a
which will enable Ethiopia to export gas to
critical platform on which we raised
China and support regional socio-economic
standards, heightened awareness, shared
development; with project funding by
experiences, and educated all stakeholders
Chinese firm POLY-GCL Petroleum Group
on the various complexities that are
Holdings Ltd, the 700km pipeline will
prevalent in the sector.”
stable energy future, recognising the
Vanguard enables completion of wind turbines at Nojoli
transport up to 12bn cubic metres of natural liquefaction plant will have capacity to
HopSol selects First Solar modules for Namibian PV plant
produce up to 10mn tons of liquefied natural
Swiss solar developer HopSol AG has
gas (LNG) per year after completion of the
selected First Solar, Inc to supply high
project.
performance thin film modules to power the
gas a year from Ethiopia to Djibouti, and the
Otjozondjupa Solar Park, located near
Improving investment in Mozambican energy
Grootfontein in Namibia; when completed in
Gigawatt Mozambique has announced a
will be Namibia’s largest grid-connected solar
US$200mn investment into Mozambique’s
photovoltaic (PV) plant and is expected to
power sector, alongside several global
account for approximately one per cent of
stakeholders including Standard Bank and
the country’s total generation capacity.
June 2016, the five megawatt (MW)AC facility
the World Bank, amongst many others, to
many of Mozambique’s neighbours in
Econet’s Strive Masiyiwa set to speak at World Energy Congress
southern Africa; this - along with several
The World Energy Council, which organises
other projects in the region - is presented
the 23rd World Energy Congress, taking place
and discussed at EnergyNet’s 2016 Southern
in Istanbul, between 9 and 13 October, has
Africa Energy and Infrastructure Summit
confirmed that Strive Masiyiwa, group
(SAEIS), taking place in Maputo,
executive chairman and founder of Econet in
International heavy-lift, specialised transport
Mozambique, 4-6 May, as part of a
South Africa, will speak alongside Wang
and plant installation company Vanguard
celebration of regional co-operation, and
Binghua, chairman of State Power
has been awarded the transport and crane
promotion of energy and infrastructure
Investment Corporation (SPIC) ofChina,
erection contract for the Nojoli Wind Farm
projects require both private- and public-
and Maximus Johnity Ongkili, Minister of
near Cookhouse in the Eastern Cape, once
sector support in order to be realised.
Energy, Green Technology and Water of the
again showcasing its experience in this sector
Government of Malaysia; the World Energy
and its specialised engineering solutions; the
KPMG leads on renewable dialogue with SAICE and SAREC
Congress, which gathers senior leaders from
Nojoli project comprises 44 Vestas V100 2
all segments of the energy community and is
MW wind turbine generators, which have the
Industry consultants at KPMG recently
attracting speakers with global reputations
capacity to generate more than 275 GWh per
demonstrated fresh commitment to
from senior figures in politics, business and
year or enough for 86,000 South African
promoting South Africa’s renewable energy
academia, will dedicate its fourth day to an
households.
sector, in collaboration with South African
focus on Africa and its role in securing a
assist in harnessing Mozambique’s naturalgas resources, which will further benefit
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