Energy in Central Africa Republic
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BOTSWANA, 2013/07/02
Cross Border Data’s African Energy Atlas 2013 has just come out. What does is tell us about the continent’s energy reserves, production and next prospects?
This annual publication is largely comprised by a selection of maps detailing everything from major continental rail and road connections, patterns of political risk, energy infrastructure, country-by-country power supply, oil and gas reserves and downstream hydrocarbons markets.
Maps are drawn/updated annually by ‘journalist mapmaker’ David Burles and an introductory piece describes the process of production as requiring the application of investigative techniques to obtain even the majority basic data. Data on the continent’s energy environment has been built up using “not only maps, but as well press releases, news statement and good old-fashioned journalistic legwork”.
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CENTRAL AFRICA REPUBLIC, 2012/12/09
The Central African Republic (CAR) said on Monday it had signed a 14 billion CFA franc (US$30.6 million) transaction with a Chinese company to complete construction of a 10 megawatt power plant that would increase power supply to the capital.
Bangui, the capital of the poor Central African national with a people of about 750,000, suffers severe power outages. Its two 50-year-old power plants supply about 18 MW.
