News & Events
20/09/2012 - The Board of the African Development Fund approved on Thursday, September 20, US $348 million in funding for a US $1.26-billion electricity highway project between Kenya and Ethiopia.
Categories: Kenya, Ethiopia, Energy & Power
18/09/2012 - In its 69th meeting held in Bangkok, September 9-13, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Executive Board of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) approved a new methodology – the AM0108 “Interconnection between electricity systems for energy exchange.”
Categories: Climate Change, Environment, Energy & Power
06/09/2012 - Construction et exploitation d’une centrale de 67,5 MW alimentée au fuel lourd dans la localité de Kounoune à 23 km à l’est de Dakar. Le Projet comprend aussi la construction d’un oléoduc d’alimentation en carburant (fuel lourd) et d’un poste de transformation sur le site du projet.
Categories: Senegal, Energy & Power
06/09/2012 - Construction, exploitation et entretien d’une centrale électrique alimentée au charbon de 125 MW sur un site de 29 hectares situé à 35 km de Dakar à Sendou (Bargny). Le Projet produira chaque année 925 GWh d’électricité, soit environ 40 % de la consommation du Sénégal en 2010. Le projet contribuera à résoudre la crise actuelle dans le secteur de l’électricité en permettant de remplacer la production de générateurs d’urgence en location et de centrales âgées, ainsi qu’en permettant un meilleur entretien des autres centrales du parc de production.
Categories: Senegal, Energy & Power
04/09/2012 - Mr. Gabriel Negatu, AfDB’s Regional Director in charge of the East African Regional Centre (EARC), paid an official visit to the Bank-funded Menengai geothermal site in Kenya’s Rift Valley last Friday. The 400 MW project will cost approximately US $488 million, with the AfDB providing US $120 million, and is expected to increase the country’s installed capacity by almost 30 per cent.
Categories: Kenya, Energy & Power
03/09/2012 - Over the first half of 2012, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has been demonstrating its commitment to support the scaling up of renewable energy in Africa with the approval of US $800 million in loans to spur private investment in Morocco’s growing wind and solar markets. The Bank’s technical and financial support of Morocco’s plan to develop a concentrated solar power (CSP) plant at Ouarzazate and its Integrated Wind/Hydro and Rural Electrification Program is helping Morocco realize its goal of increasing installed renewable energy capacity to 42 per cent by 2020 and becoming a renewable energy industry leader.
Categories: Morocco, Energy & Power, Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Environment
27/08/2012 - The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), a joint initiative of the Danish government and the Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department (ONEC) of the African Development Bank (AfDB), approved on August 17 its first grant of USD 825,000 to finance the concept phase of the Green Tech Financial Facility – a vehicle for investments in private-sector driven green technology projects – including market scoping and positioning studies, fund conceptualization and fund manager selection.
Categories: Energy & Power, Private Sector Development, Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa, Climate Change, Environment
13/08/2012 - Le Cameroun s’est résolument engagé dans le développement du secteur de l'énergie, en vue d’améliorer l'accès à l’électricité dans les zones rurales et les grandes villes du pays, et d'accélérer l'intégration régionale.
Categories: Cameroon, Energy & Power
- Date: 01/08/2012
- Location: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is attending the meeting of African finance ministers and central bank governors which began in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on 1 August.
Categories: Democratic Republic of Congo, Poverty Reduction, Food Production, Youth, Human and Social Development, Energy & Power
23/07/2012 - Après six mois d'opérations, le Fonds pour l'énergie durable pour l'Afrique (SEFA), une initiative conjointe de la Banque africaine de développement et du gouvernement danois, conçue pour encourager les investissements privés dans les énergies renouvelables à petite et moyenne échelle et des projets d'efficacité énergétique en Afrique, a construit un pipeline actif à travers l'aide à la préparation du projet
Categories: Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Energy & Power, Environment
