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African Power Association members range from IPP, financiers, utilities, consultants, EPC contractors and many other important roles in the power sector.

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Conventional

Conventional power generation keeps playing an important role on the energy mix for the base load, mostly where the resources are available in the country and don't need to be imported

Renewables

Renewables are the new world trend and Africa doesn't want to be left behind. The pipeline of projects in the different technologies is huge. The potential even bigger.

Grid

Most countries are adopting combined strategies with on-grid and off-grid as the way to speed up the electrification.

FEATURED INTERVIEW

Jorge Lascas, African Power Platform founder, interviewed by ESI Africa during the Power-Gen conference in Johannesburg, covering following topics:

Digitalization of utilities and its challenges
Future for Hydropower in Africa
Unbundling of power sector
Fossil fuels vs renewables

APP VISION

The African Power Platform vision is for every one to access power in an affordable and reliable way, allowing for social and economic development.

APP MISSION

The African Power Platform mission is to gather all the stakeholders interested in the power sector in Africa and promote the relations within the private sector and between public and private.

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The Challenges

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Africa Power Access Accelerator program

The African Power Platform (APP) has launched the Africa Power Access Accelerator (APAA), a program designed to support power projects in Africa on preparation, structuring and financing.

Developers applying to the “Africa Power Access Accelerator” may, if selected, get access to:
- Advisory
- Grants
- Development funding
- Equity / Debt financing
- Partners (Consultants / Equipment / Technology / Development)
- Co-developers

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5th ARE Energy Access Investment Forum 2019

Date: 13 – 14 March 2019 | Location: Abidjan - Yvory Coast

The Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE), in partnership with the African Development Bank and GET.invest (formely RECP), is excited to announce that the 5th ARE Energy Access Investment Forum will take place in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on 13-14 March 2019.

The Forum convenes public, private and other stakeholders with the goal to boost clean energy access globally and in particular in Africa, where 588 million people still lack electricity. To intensify the exchange with players from and outside Africa, ARE will also hold its Annual General Meeting in conjunction with the Forum the day before.

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4 Priorities to accelerate energy transformation, IRENA

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has outlined the innovation priorities needed to accelerate the transition to a sustainable energy system.

The Agency authored a chapter of the recently published 2018 Global Innovation Index (GII) report, named Innovation Driving the Energy Transition, in which four central policy-level innovation recommendations are outlined as critical to scaling-up renewable energy deployment.

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Renewables and Energy Efficiency in Guinea Bissau - National Status Report

Guinea Bissau has seen some progress in building its energy infrastructure.

However, vast areas of Guinea Bissau remain literally in the dark. Rural electrification has reached dozens of communities through the expansion of mini-grids and the projected construction of the national grid.

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