AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoGas-to-power momentum: Eskom signed an agreement with Zululand Energy Terminal to back a Richards Bay LNG import facility and support a planned 3,000MW gas-fired power station, part of a broader push to add 6,000MW of gas generation by 2030. Regional gas infrastructure: Algeria, Nigeria and Niger began a new phase of work to complete the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline, aiming to move 20–30 bcm of Nigerian gas annually to Algeria despite long-running Sahel security and financing hurdles. Power and renewables deals: Lesotho signed a binding deal with US firm Convalt Energy for a Kobong hydropower plus AI data centre project worth about $6.2bn, while South Africa’s SOLARWORLD and IBC SOLAR announced Tongwei solar PV modules for the fast-growing C&I solar market. Energy market signals: Nigeria’s Lagos depot operators cut diesel loading prices below Dangote’s benchmark as competition in the deregulated market intensifies. Climate finance debate: The AfDB rejected claims that Liberia’s carbon trading plans were a precondition for Bank support, as civil society warns the policy is being rushed. Energy transition skills gap: A new argument says climate delivery stalls less from tech and money, more from education and implementation capacity. Oil supply logistics: Japan said crude from Alaska and South Sudan will arrive as Hormuz risks reshape sourcing.
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