Limited finance seen hurting African energy projects
Commercial banks prefer debt to equity support
By Laura MacInnis
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Clare Rhodes James, an expert in renewable power at British engineering and development consultancy Mott MacDonald, said the upfront costs and long lead time to build hydro electric power plants were a further disincentive to many would be investors.
She said it was important that project leaders emphasise the potential longer term commercial and social gains from hydro projects that could make electricity more consistent, create jobs, avert carbon emissions and offer flood protection.
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Namibia, Senegal, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Uganda and Nigeria have expressed interest in this energy area, but currently lack financial backers, according to Gedanken.
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