Ethiopia Agrees on First Deal for Privately Produced Electricity

Ethiopia’s government signed a deal to buy electricity from a geothermal-power plant being developed by companies including Reykjavik Geothermal Ltd. of Iceland, a partner in the project said.

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SkyPower Signs US $2.2 Billion Agreement to Develop and Build 1 GW of Solar Energy Projects in Kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya, July 27, 2015 /CNW/ – SkyPower, the world’s largest developer and owner of utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) energy projects, signed a landmark agreement with the Kenyan Ministry of Energy and Petroleum for the development of 1 GW of world-class solar projects to be built in four phases in Kenya over the next five years.

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GE and Partners Announce New Renewable Energy Project to Boost Kenya's Power Grid

Project follows a successful run of more than $2.5 billion worth of booked orders across Africa in the last year

- 100MW wind farm near Nairobi will contribute to installed energy capacity in Kenya

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